Re: CPIC interview (fwd)

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

 > Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 16:53:15 -0700 (PDT)
 > From: Linda Dietz <http://profiles.yahoo.com/crane>
 > 
 > Hi Noelle,
 > Wow, I wish they had given me that job when I interviewed for it in 2007.  
 > But it went to another candidate.  Anyways..
 > 
 > The SBCC classes are very good.  It's all online, etc.  I took all the CTR 
 > classes and only had to complete the internship and take the CTR exam.  But 
 > I put that on hold because I needed a hold onto a full time job and hadn't 
 > figured out a way to do the internship and keep the full time job at SCVMC.  
 > And I also saw that the same catch 22 problem existed with finding a job as 
 > a CTR as there was with finding a job in medical coding - they're all 
 > looking for experienced CTR's with at least 2-5 years of experience.  So I 
 > put it on hold.  Now that I'm working on the Epic project I'm not going to 
 > jeopardize that job or having a full time job for the CTR.  So I'm not sure 
 > what I'll do with all the time, expense, and energy I put into the CIM 
 > program at SBCC.  You have the advantage of having a coding credential 
 > already so as long as you can get your CTR in a year you'll be OK.
 > 
 > The SBCC CIM program is very good and it was quite doable online.  It's 
 > entirely an online program and there are students from across the country 
 > taking it.  It's one of the less than a dozen CTR programs in the US.
 > 
 > Linda
 > 
 > >________________________________
 > > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > >To: "http://profiles.yahoo.com/crane"; <http://profiles.yahoo.com/crane> 
 > >Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:08 PM
 > > 
 > >
 > >Hi!
 > >Just talked to the HR guy and they want to interview me for non-CTR 
 > >oncology data specialist.
 > >they never called me when I applied for the medical records specialist job. 
 > >Go figure. 
 > >
 > >They want you to take CTR exam within a year. I have not taken the SBCC 
 > >classes in that. On your LinkedIn profile it said that you did. How was 
 > >that for you?
 > >Noelle