EvCC student, instructor earn national awards

Press Release

Release Date: Sept. 13, 2016

Contact: Jason Smith, Dean of Health Sciences and Public Safety, 425-388-9142; jsmith@everettcc.edu

EvCC student, instructor earn national awards from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity

Photo: Elizabeth Stam receives her educator of the year award from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity District 5 director Christine Peterson at the ADHI conference. 

EVERETT, Wash. – Everett Community College medical transcription and editing instructor Elizabeth (Betsy) Stam and student Sarah Olson have received national awards from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity.

Stam, who has taught at EvCC since 2003, received the educator of the year award. 

She is an “extraordinary leader who sets herself apart by doing more and going farther than her peers and other educators in our industry. She's caring, compassionate and strives for excellence in all that she does. She's not only a great educator, administrator and advisor, but sets a high standard in how we should relate to and engage with students as well as others,” according to the ADHI award. 

Olson received the rising star award, presented to a student winner of this year’s essay contest “Make Your Dreams Become Your Reality.” Olson wrote about persevering to achieve her dream of attending college after several health-related setbacks.

“Attending college was a dream of mine for many years and if it were not for my persistence and vow to make working towards my medical transcription and editing certification. This tenacity and persistence is what is going to keep me going in my chosen career field long after I graduate from Everett Community College,” Olson wrote. 

The awards were announced during ADHI’s conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August. 

“Betsy is well deserving of this award. Any person who has worked with her knows her level of commitment to ensuring student success. Her hard work and dedication to EvCC continues to make our programs and students better each day,” said Jason Smith, Dean of Health Sciences and Public Safety.

Graduates from EvCC’s medical transcription and editing program work as medical transcriptionists and editors for medical transcription services, hospitals and clinics. Work involves listening to recordings dictated by physicians and other healthcare professionals and transcribing or editing speech recognition generated text into medical reports, correspondence and other administrative material for patients’ medical records.

For more information about EvCC’s medical transcription and editing program, visit EverettCC.edu/MT or call 425-388-9034.