Medical Scribe

[Beantown Charger]

Hello,
I recently saw a flier advertising scribes jobs at my school. However, I do not have full use of one of my hands. I can only type 35 words per minute. Is becoming a scribe out of my reach?

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[RemiSig]

Probably so. I just barely passed our hospital's lower requirements of 5o wpms and found my job as a scribe very challenging initially until my typing speed increased

 

[BrownEMS]

It depends on where you work. If in the emergency room where it gets hectic, 35 might not make it. Scribing is not necessarily about typing speed, but how fast you can complete the EMR chart with all the necessary information (which obviously, faster typing speeds help to speed up completion). You also need to be able to type fast enough to write down everything the patient and physicians say. Also beware that some hospitals require laptops, which means you will be standing and writing with only one hand (the other hand is holding the laptop).

If it is in a primary care office or something like that, perhaps typing speed would not be a problem.

There are many online resources you can go to practice speed. In fact, there is this fun game that I play that helps. http://zty.pe/

 

[Beantown Charger]

It depends on where you work. If in the emergency room where it gets hectic, 35 might not make it. Scribing is not necessarily about typing speed, but how fast you can complete the EMR chart with all the necessary information (which obviously, faster typing speeds help to speed up completion). You also need to be able to type fast enough to write down everything the patient and physicians say. Also beware that some hospitals require laptops, which means you will be standing and writing with only one hand (the other hand is holding the laptop).

If it is in a primary care office or something like that, perhaps typing speed would not be a problem.

There are many online resources you can go to practice speed. In fact, there is this fun game that I play that helps. http://zty.pe/

I can use my other hand to grab, hold, touch things, etc. I don't have fine motor