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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
A Medical Records Abstractor must be familiar with medical terminology as it is a requirement for the job. Knowing medical terminology helps you identify which details in a patient's medical records are crucial to patient care and should be included in your abstracts. Describe your experience when you first started familiarizing yourself with medical terminology.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I have been familiarizing myself with medical terminology for the past seven years. I started reading medical books when I was a sophomore in high school because I knew I wanted a healthcare career. I started reading anatomy and physiology and familiarizing myself with the human body. Then, I discovered an emergency medical technician textbook where I learned more medical terminology, which helped prepare me for my medical coding courses in college."

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