> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 08:46:06 -0700 > From: Nancy Mendelssohn <http://www.gmail.com/~nmendelssohn> > > Yes, I agree, just state the facts, and keep it short and > sweet. > > Say how all your coding experience helped you become very > familiar > with cancer terms, treatments, pathology, tests, staging, > complications of treatments. > > Just focus on comparing your familiarity of medical terminology, > pathology and anatomy and physiology and how very useful that is > for > working in Oncology. Those were the three best parts of the HIM > course that helped me get jobs in the medical world. You would > be > surprised how many people think they can work in the medical > world > without those basic classes. > > Say database work is fine, you have no problem keeping up with > the > data requirements of the job and taking any additional classes > that > are needed. > > Good luck, let me know how it goes. > > Was that a Craig's List job? > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Noelle > <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote: > > thanks. > > preparing for my CPIC interview. > > What do you think they will ask me? > > I think RHIT skills can be easily transfered to cancer > > registry, just need > > to convince 3 people(panel interview). > > I had an interview at an orthopedic surgery group practice. > > Looking back I > > think I blathered on too much. They say you need to keep > > answers short. > > Or else they found someone with exact experience they wanted? > > Noelle