How to improve at medical scribing outside of the workplace?

[DiavoloAlighieri]

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Very strange question, I know.

However, I was somewhat curious as to how I would become better at scribing outside of the workplace. I don't work incredibly often (like once or twice a week consisting of 7-hour shifts), but I still have a good amount of the clinical vocabulary down just by working there for a couple of months. But even this deep, I still struggle to keep up with the physician I work with when it comes to quickly writing the HPI, not missing details, or checking boxes for the physical exam.

Just like any other skill, I'd be willing to bet there's a way to hone these skills outside of when I'm actually working. I'm sure there's nothing as blatant as a "medical scribe simulator" out there, but I figured someone here would have a decent idea of how to get better outside of combing through clinical case books and practicing my typing skills for hours on end.

 

[AJS59]

Very strange question, I know.

However, I was somewhat curious as to how I would become better at scribing outside of the workplace. I don't work incredibly often (like once or twice a week consisting of 7-hour shifts), but I still have a good amount of the clinical vocabulary down just by working there for a couple of months. But even this deep, I still struggle to keep up with the physician I work with when it comes to quickly writing the HPI, not missing details, or checking boxes for the physical exam.

Just like any other skill, I'd be willing to bet there's a way to hone these skills outside of when I'm actually working. I'm sure there's nothing as blatant as a "medical scribe simulator" out there, but I figured someone here would have a decent idea of how to get better outside of combing through clinical case books and practicing my typing skills for hours on end.

The more you can learn about medical terminology and shorthand abbreviations, the less you will have to do.

You might find resources from some schools about scribing, but from a cursory search that appears far and few between. I'd just work on your typing skills

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Have you asked doctors you observed? Are there other scribes you can turn to? Are you using flash cards to help you with medical terminology? How are you practicing typing? Are you allowed to record conversations as you are scribing so you can check your accuracy?

 

[NOLZAOINK]

Not a strange question at all.

The documentation process would be smoother if you knew what medical conditions to consider or rule out. So I think a bigger part of the improvement will be expanding your clinical knowledge which takes effort. Also, don't focus on turning your HPI into a perfect story; again, it's more practical if you can think like how a physician does and just write what you ought to include in there. Ex. if you have a patient with GI symptoms, some conditions overlap symptoms. The HPI should include some details and not others.