Hello,
I hope everyone is doing well. I am currently in the process of applying to DO schools. I had started training to become a scribe for one of those "big" companies. I thought the experience would be wonderful and help my application, I listed it on my AACOMAS primary and talked about it on a few secondaries.
However, over the past month I have been switched from one department to another due to a lack of scribing hours/consistent schedule (not competency issue). I am still left in the dark with no consistent hours and although the head scribes are nice, they are horribly disorganized. Now this normally wouldn't be a problem, but due to family financial issues I have to support myself. The lack of consistent hours has been hurting my bottom-line and has put me in a precarious position at my other job (there are only so many times you can switch your schedule before your manager get pissed).
I am wondering how it would look like to quit scribing? I know it might show commitment issues, especially since I noted it in my primary and talked about it in some of my secondaries. But, to put it simply, I am not making enough money and it seems that I am getting screwed every week. I was really hoping my experience would be different, but at this point I am getting stressed out about my finances. If I were to quit, I would take on an extra teaching/tutoring job (have lots of experience) or take on a research position (something I am lacking). To supplement the clinical hours, I would volunteer once a week with a health related organization.
I would really appreciate some guidance, as I am getting stressed to all hell in my current financial predicament.
