The Nifty Medical Training Manual For Dragon

The Nifty 59 Medical Training Manual works with Dragon 9. It includes many of the beginning exercicses available in the Nifty 58-59 but has been tailored to include intermediate and advance exercises that focus on various medical concepts and terminology. It is a great tool for people who are interested in using speech recognition in medical fields.Click here to view a table of contents.

The new training manual includes 115 exercises.  Final projects include a:

  • Progress Note
  • SOAP Report
  • History & Physical Report
  • Operative Report
  • Pathology Report
  • Discharge Summary

The advanced section of the manual also includes:

  • A Medical Memo
  • A Medical Letters
  • Several Medical-related Reports
  • Medical Outlines
  • Medical Terms and Abbreviations
  • Six Composition Exercises Addressing Medical Topics

This Dragon NaturallySpeaking training curriculum is organized into three units, 59 training capsules and 115 exercises. We have more than doubled the hands-on exercises found in our previous Nifty 50 training manuals. The units include:

  1. Unit 1 Beginner Skills *

Exercises 1–33: What everyone must know to use speech recognition effectively. Approximately 2-4 hours to complete based on age and experience.

  1. Unit 2 Intermediate Skills *

Exercises 34–68: Using speech recognition to write and format skillfully. Approximately 3-5 hours to complete based on age and experience.

  1. Unit 3 Advanced Skills*

Exercises 69–115: Making Dragon NaturallySpeaking a powerful part of your normal computer routine. Approximately 3-5 hours to complete based on age and experience.

* DISCLAIMER: This training utilizes special speech features found in either the Preferred or Professional versions of Dragon 8-9 and Microsoft Office Word and Excel 2003 called natural language commands. If you have an older Office system, or if your system doesn’t allow the macros needed to run natural commands, many of the com­mands herein may not work for you. Troubleshoot and update your system or use the alternative classic commands or format by hand instead.