tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post3446496254917869563..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: How Fast Are You?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-38138401718852811662011-01-25T14:16:41.236-06:002011-01-25T14:16:41.236-06:00Age: 27
Staff position: Paramedic
Net typing speed...Age: 27<br />Staff position: Paramedic<br />Net typing speed in WPM: 103<br />Errors: 1<br />Typing: No<br /><br />Full disclosure: Software engineer full time and an avid Dvorak user :)Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415988855392944633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-39267684418288793482011-01-23T21:29:37.244-06:002011-01-23T21:29:37.244-06:00Age: 32
Staff position: Family Medicine Attending
...Age: 32<br />Staff position: Family Medicine Attending<br />Net typing speed: 69 WPM<br />Errors: 1<br />Typing class: Not since 6th grade's mandatory "how to type" block.<br /><br />Likely could improve if I weren't typing over a sleeping baby on my lap, but these days that's how I chart half the time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942119468891990846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-40675885190710615242011-01-23T13:09:24.401-06:002011-01-23T13:09:24.401-06:00Age 62
Pediatrician
Net 54, 0 errors
Took typin...Age 62<br /><br />Pediatrician<br /><br />Net 54, 0 errors<br /><br />Took typing in high school and played with computers for 25 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64866869928928184812011-01-22T09:14:47.486-06:002011-01-22T09:14:47.486-06:00Age: 34
Staff position: 3rd year medical student
T...Age: 34<br />Staff position: 3rd year medical student<br />Typing speed: 75 wpm<br />Number of errors: 3<br />Typing Class: NoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-590951808916352232011-01-20T11:55:21.156-06:002011-01-20T11:55:21.156-06:00Age: 46
Position: EP attending
Net typing speed: ...Age: 46<br />Position: EP attending<br />Net typing speed: 46 WPM<br />Errors: 1<br />Typing class in high schoolJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897176780069403370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-9998586422194295472011-01-20T09:49:42.575-06:002011-01-20T09:49:42.575-06:00age: mid-30s
staff position: former director of bu...age: mid-30s<br />staff position: former director of business development <br />net typing speed: 80<br />typing class in 7th gradeTony Chenhttp://www.FDAzilla.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-74274687774614141462011-01-20T00:55:07.195-06:002011-01-20T00:55:07.195-06:00Age: 49
position: nurse practitioner
WPM 48 (50-...Age: 49<br /><br />position: nurse practitioner<br /><br />WPM 48 (50-2) - done on my laptop which is not conducive to typing. Would do better on desktop at work. <br /><br />No typing class. <br />Intentionally did not take typing in school because I did not want to be a secretary like my mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-82474834683971731282011-01-19T21:03:40.448-06:002011-01-19T21:03:40.448-06:00Age 35
Private FM doc
1st try 48 WPM 2 erros
2nd t...Age 35<br />Private FM doc<br />1st try 48 WPM 2 erros<br />2nd try 65 wpm 3 errors<br />No formal typing class <br /><br />JustADocAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-91281406736710197782011-01-19T15:14:13.947-06:002011-01-19T15:14:13.947-06:00Age: 32
Job: rheum fellow
WPM: 77
Errors: 0
No typ...Age: 32<br />Job: rheum fellow<br />WPM: 77<br />Errors: 0<br />No typing classes but lots of computer gaming.Zenfirehttp://curbside.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-9908843018459879962011-01-19T15:08:13.808-06:002011-01-19T15:08:13.808-06:00Age: 37
Position: RN
Net speed: 81wpm (7 errors...Age: 37<br />Position: RN<br />Net speed: 81wpm (7 errors)<br /> 90wpm (3 errors)<br /> 91wpm (1 error)<br />Typing class: yes, 10th grade<br /><br />(I'm competetive...was trying to top Emily Lu's mark but I think I'm maxed out in the low 90s...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-8198535505361723362011-01-19T13:19:45.288-06:002011-01-19T13:19:45.288-06:00Age: 47
Position: Oncologist, private practice (...Age: 47<br />Position: Oncologist, private practice (EMR pending; rural area)<br />Net typing speed: 74 WPM with one error<br /><br />Typing class in high school; perfected in graduate school (basic sciences).<br />I'm fast on a good day, but always sounded slow next to one of my partners who worked as a transcriptionist pre-med.<br /><br />Does Dragon transcription work? I used it a few Dr. CWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14554408984926196472011-01-19T09:42:09.495-06:002011-01-19T09:42:09.495-06:00Age: 37
Computer Engineering
Speed: 52 WPM (corr...Age: 37<br /><br />Computer Engineering<br /><br />Speed: 52 WPM (corrected), 2 errors<br /><br /><br />PS: English is not my native language (I'm from Brazil)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-49051603931680960122011-01-19T08:10:26.028-06:002011-01-19T08:10:26.028-06:00Age: 26
Position: Paramedic
Net Speed: 87
Errors: ...Age: 26<br />Position: Paramedic<br />Net Speed: 87<br />Errors: 3<br />No typing classesnycmedicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-50964984342128362152011-01-18T21:33:36.350-06:002011-01-18T21:33:36.350-06:0037 years old
The Happy Hospitalist-Attending MD
62...37 years old<br />The Happy Hospitalist-Attending MD<br />62 (67-5) WPM<br />Typing class in high school on an honest to God typewriter.<br /><br />You know, you can use a program called "Dragon Medical" (iPhone/iPad App) to audio type your text into an EMR. Get your hospital to get a license. You just talk and the text is immediate. No typing. Just talking.The Happy Hospitalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392872203166584371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36086777427213666172011-01-18T21:18:32.940-06:002011-01-18T21:18:32.940-06:0047 with 0 errors
56 with 1 error.
Typing class in...47 with 0 errors<br />56 with 1 error.<br /><br />Typing class in 9th grade.<br /><br />Age: 42<br />Device Repelizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13427872402328772641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-22018722953664175272011-01-18T20:27:03.921-06:002011-01-18T20:27:03.921-06:00Age: 30
Position: 2nd year EM/IM resident
Net Spee...Age: 30<br />Position: 2nd year EM/IM resident<br />Net Speed: 54<br />Errors: 2<br />Typing class in 7th gradej.danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390704455842210518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78327942358391398302011-01-18T19:14:56.667-06:002011-01-18T19:14:56.667-06:00Age: Early 30s
Staff position: Intern IM
Net typin...Age: Early 30s<br />Staff position: Intern IM<br />Net typing speed: 88<br />Errors: 3<br />Typing class in 10th gradePGYxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326999545370162455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-41434270312530455782011-01-18T19:09:35.684-06:002011-01-18T19:09:35.684-06:00Age: mid 30s
Staff position: attending
Net typin...Age: mid 30s<br />Staff position: attending <br />Net typing speed in words per minute: 89<br />Number of errors: 4<br />I took a typing class in 9th grademedgirl2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/12523069785417167336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77455551014959635242011-01-18T18:44:28.045-06:002011-01-18T18:44:28.045-06:00Age: 22
Staff position: 1st year medical student ...Age: 22<br /><br />Staff position: 1st year medical student <br /><br />Net typing speed: 69 <br /><br />Number of errors: 3<br /><br />I think we were briefly taught typing in elementary school, but I never took an official class.XEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522455400636588309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19028571642959612672011-01-18T18:40:03.420-06:002011-01-18T18:40:03.420-06:00Age: 25
Position: 2nd year medical student
Test 1...Age: 25<br />Position: 2nd year medical student<br /><br />Test 1: 77 WPM, 7 errors = 70 WPM corrected<br />Test 2: 86 WPM, 3 errors = 83 WPM corrected<br /><br />I took typing in elementary school, but I think my biggest speed gains were the result of holding several simultaneous AIM conversations in middle and high school.C_Elwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068222763726102901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56222051878542482682011-01-18T18:08:39.248-06:002011-01-18T18:08:39.248-06:00Age 34
Staff Position EM Attending
1st attempt:
N...Age 34<br />Staff Position EM Attending<br /><br />1st attempt:<br />Net Speed 67<br />Errors: 24<br /><br />2nd attempt:<br />Net Speed: 72<br />Errors: 0<br /><br />Highschool typing.<br /><br />If I try to rush and "beat the clock" the accuracy goes way down and not much change in the net. I have noted over the years that there are specific errors that I am prone too. Ususally it Takeokunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301944045626205832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-8566499373980290282011-01-18T18:05:11.181-06:002011-01-18T18:05:11.181-06:00Age: old
Staff: Attending, EM
26 WPM, 4 errors. (U...Age: old<br />Staff: Attending, EM<br />26 WPM, 4 errors. (Ugh).<br />No typing class.<br /><br />(I never type things that are already typed, that's what copy/paste are for).<br /><br />GruntDocAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19213109161115077382011-01-18T18:02:39.108-06:002011-01-18T18:02:39.108-06:00102 wpm, 5 errors.
First-year medical student, ag...102 wpm, 5 errors.<br /><br />First-year medical student, age 23, took typing classes in grade school (elementary/meddle)Emily Luhttp://www.medicineforchange.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-52841813023544370492011-01-18T17:46:46.791-06:002011-01-18T17:46:46.791-06:00I had typing class (my only A- in high school).
F...I had typing class (my only A- in high school).<br /><br />First time: 49 wpm/ 2 errors<br />Second time: 55 wpm/ o errors<br /><br />Mrs. Rose would be disappointed in me, but she is always thrilled when I tell her how much I use what I learned in her class. :)rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-20489506772248938272011-01-18T17:35:12.489-06:002011-01-18T17:35:12.489-06:00I did it twice. You know, interrater reliability a...I did it twice. You know, interrater reliability and passage difficulty and presence of too many quotation marks.<br /><br />Age: 33<br />Staff position: Emergency Medicine Attending<br />Net Typing WPM: 1st try: 52, 2nd: 59<br />Errors: 0 and 2 respectively<br /><br />I also took a typing class in high school, but don't think it really sunk in, because I don't use that finger placement DrDnoreply@blogger.com