Does Scribing location matter?

[OrangeMed]

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Hi all,

I am a fifth year undergraduate student and I have been accepted for a scribe position in a hospital with a busy ER department. I have the opportunity to transfer to another hospital with relatively more relaxed ER department. The busy ER dept hospital will definitely give me well-rounded experience, but it was also far from my house, however, the one the relaxed hospital is closer to my house, but I doubt I would get as good exposure as the other hospital. I was confused if I should make the switch to a more closer and relaxed ER hospital from a far and busy ER hospital? I will be scribing in either places, but is the enriching experience worth driving far while juggling school and other extracurricular?

Thank you for your inputs!

 

[ChillDawg]

What are you trying to accomplish?
Do you just need to earn a wage? Go for the closer one.
Want exciting things to talk about in your application/interview? Busy ER dept
Have many commitments already and don't want to commit too much time and/or burn out? slower ER dept
etc...

 

[Catalystik]

If you'd enjoy more down-time talking to docs about cases and perspectives on medicine, then the slower paced job would make that more likely.