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Names of scribe companies I could apply to?
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not all scribes are with 3rd party companies. some are hired directly by hospitals. i know that VA hospitals with attached ED's have them. i would inquire there.
my google-fu also gives me this site: http://www.medchartscribes.com/medical-scribes-in-michigan/
my google-fu also gives me this site: http://www.medchartscribes.com/medical-scribes-in-michigan/
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Thanks, but that company is out of business. I've tried before already :/
How saturated is your area with scribes? I feel like with all these scribe posts, this is a great question.
If your area doesn't have scribes at all, you can start a program and MAN that'd look good to med schools.
Possibly the best advice I've given in four years.
If your area doesn't have scribes at all, you can start a program and MAN that'd look good to med schools.
Possibly the best advice I've given in four years.
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Unless you have previous scribe experience, wouldn't it be near impossible to just start one from scratch?
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ugh wish I found this out last year! The two year commitment is the only thing stopping me from applying, and I can't do 1 year full time because of school. oh well 👎
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The whole company? Their website is still active/has been updated this year, and it says they're looking to expand. Is it just out of business in your area?
I was planning to apply there this week...filled the app out and everything!
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OP was asking for non-PhysAssist programs...
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I know I'm late but they are definitely not operational. I'm sure you found that out when they didn't reply to your application. They seem to have websites for most major cities which I find odd.
Howdy!
I worked for physassist in North Texas for a year and half. Technically I worked part time and had a "2 year commitment," but that is bunk. (It is a one year commitment for full time.) All the commitment really means is that if you complete your 'commitment' they will help give you a stellar LOR written by the doctors (which I didn't even learn until a few months before I quit). Really they can't force anyone to keep that commitment. Besides one of the doctors I regularly worked with wrote one of my LORs anyways.
If you are going to work as a scribe, take it with a grain of salt. A lot of people in my opinion think being a scribe is like being a doctor. Sure you work very closely with a doctor, but they are very very very different. Yes, you will get first hand experience of what it is like working in a medical setting (I worked in a hospital setting). Yes, you will get to learn a lot of cool things (assuming the doctors you are working with are nice and willing to answer questions, 90% of the doctors I worked with were very nice). However at the end of the day your job is paperwork centric. You know jack-*** about medicine and trust me, those scribes who often seem to forget that normally are not well-liked by anyone in the department.
I loved being a scribe. I learned a ton, and when I start med school in the fall I'm sure I'll look back and have a lot of "a-HA moments." I made great contacts with a lot of doctors. One doctor even gave me his contact info so that I could join him as a med student on one of his medical missions in Haiti.
So if you want to be a scribe, don't let the commitment thing scare you. Heck, there were scribes who quit after one month of working (some worked even less than that before quitting). Doing something like that only negatively effects your work history, not your chances of getting into med school.
As far as places to scribe. I only know only of phyassist, which operates in a ton of cities in a ton of states. Be warned though, they are terrible company to work for. They take advantage of scribes. They know being a scribe is great for medical school applicants, and the know they can pretty much treat us like crap because they know we'll take it.. If not for the company itself I probably would have kept on scribing until I started med school in the fall.
I worked for physassist in North Texas for a year and half. Technically I worked part time and had a "2 year commitment," but that is bunk. (It is a one year commitment for full time.) All the commitment really means is that if you complete your 'commitment' they will help give you a stellar LOR written by the doctors (which I didn't even learn until a few months before I quit). Really they can't force anyone to keep that commitment. Besides one of the doctors I regularly worked with wrote one of my LORs anyways.
If you are going to work as a scribe, take it with a grain of salt. A lot of people in my opinion think being a scribe is like being a doctor. Sure you work very closely with a doctor, but they are very very very different. Yes, you will get first hand experience of what it is like working in a medical setting (I worked in a hospital setting). Yes, you will get to learn a lot of cool things (assuming the doctors you are working with are nice and willing to answer questions, 90% of the doctors I worked with were very nice). However at the end of the day your job is paperwork centric. You know jack-*** about medicine and trust me, those scribes who often seem to forget that normally are not well-liked by anyone in the department.
I loved being a scribe. I learned a ton, and when I start med school in the fall I'm sure I'll look back and have a lot of "a-HA moments." I made great contacts with a lot of doctors. One doctor even gave me his contact info so that I could join him as a med student on one of his medical missions in Haiti.
So if you want to be a scribe, don't let the commitment thing scare you. Heck, there were scribes who quit after one month of working (some worked even less than that before quitting). Doing something like that only negatively effects your work history, not your chances of getting into med school.
As far as places to scribe. I only know only of phyassist, which operates in a ton of cities in a ton of states. Be warned though, they are terrible company to work for. They take advantage of scribes. They know being a scribe is great for medical school applicants, and the know they can pretty much treat us like crap because they know we'll take it.. If not for the company itself I probably would have kept on scribing until I started med school in the fall.
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I am an ER scribe in Southern California, the company I work for is EMSS. This company started out small in Santa Barbara and is rapidly growing across the nation! If you have any questions regarding how to become a scribe, what the job entails, more info about the company, etc. message me! I absolutely love it, have been a scribe since July 2011. I cannot even tell you the amount of knowledge I have gained! Everyday I learn something new and it reaffirms my passion for pursuing medicine! If you are questioning what to do in your time off between undergrad and med school? Become a scribe, you won't regret it! 🙂
I am an ER scribe in Southern California, the company I work for is EMSS. This company started out small in Santa Barbara and is rapidly growing across the nation! If you have any questions regarding how to become a scribe, what the job entails, more info about the company, etc. message me! I absolutely love it, have been a scribe since July 2011. I cannot even tell you the amount of knowledge I have gained! Everyday I learn something new and it reaffirms my passion for pursuing medicine! If you are questioning what to do in your time off between undergrad and med school? Become a scribe, you won't regret it! 🙂
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Bummer, ya I don't think they have any sites in the SD area...I don't know how far you are from Oceanside, but Scribe America has a site there?
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I live near southeast Michigan and I was recently hired as a scribe for a family practice office. I was hired through ScribeAmerica. And yes, they do ask you to make a 1-2 year commitment, but it's not something that is set in stone, so don't let that deter you from such a valuable experience.
Best of luck 🙂
Best of luck 🙂
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I recently applied to a few medical scribe positions over winter break, but my goal was to get a scribe position once I gradate (5-6 months from my application date). All of the companies told me they were interested in me, but due to the dynamic nature of their business, they could not offer me a position that far in advance.
My question to people who have worked as a scribe:
1) How far in advance did you apply?
2) How long is the 'training' process before you can start working?
My question to people who have worked as a scribe:
1) How far in advance did you apply?
2) How long is the 'training' process before you can start working?
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1) I applied as soon as I was available to take the position. They called me for an interview a couple weeks later.
2) We had 3-4 days of "in-class" training, and if we survived that, we had to do 3 days of "on-the-job" training before they pushed us out of the bird's nest and told us to fly.
I don't think you'll be able to find a company that will hire you in advance because they usually have no way of knowing if there will be any open positions in your area then. But I don't know... I could be wrong.
Best of luck. 🙂
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1) I applied as soon as I was available to take the position. They called me for an interview a couple weeks later.
2) We had 3-4 days of "in-class" training, and if we survived that, we had to do 3 days of "on-the-job" training before they pushed us out of the bird's nest and told us to fly.
I don't think you'll be able to find a company that will hire you in advance because they usually have no way of knowing if there will be any open positions in your area then. But I don't know... I could be wrong.
Best of luck. 🙂
Thank you for your input! I guess I will just try applying around the beginning of April.
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Hm, though I agree about the commitment being bunk I don't agree with what you obtain. I worked at the Denton, TX hospital(physassist) with the same docs every day and I learned everything from how to write a thorough HPI/ROS; how to interpret the non-sense patients are saying and obtain pertinent information using appropriate questions(HA = fever, neck pain, slurred speech, weakness etc); reading labs/radiology(not just the report); how/what to do to conduct a thorough exam like neuro finger/nose, romberg, pronator drift, dorsiflexion etc; ordering common medications and their uses; EPIC usages; appropriate vitals and the doctors and staff truly appreciated everything we did. We had horrible ER schedules and did a CRAPTON of work which made people really appreciate us. Letters of recommendations came EASILY from the docs and were really personalized. I ended up quitting after a year of full time though because we were always short staffed and I was working way too many hours being unable to see my wife or stay in good physical shape. I would only recommend this experience though if you are truly committed because it is very time consuming.
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Definitely is a difference in what you take from the experience and your location though, when I was training other scribes in the Fort Worth office some of the trainers from other locations didn't do much and depended on loading the same macro over and over. The Denton doctors are very particular and teach you a lot.
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I agree that it depends on location. Where I am, only family medicine physicians want scribes and the scribes are lucky to get 20 hours/week. I wish I had the option of being overworked. 🙁
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Awww, are you part of a corporation of scribes or is it straight from their practice? I guess the grass is always greener on the other side 🙂
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EMSS representing holla Cali, shout out from Atlanta.
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I've considered Oceanside, but it's an hour and a half bus ride there and back, so three hours wasted just for transportation. Having a car on campus is a bit expensive...
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That's one of the main problems I had with my scribe company.
Plus the 20+ hour commitment is pretty tough in all honesty. Still sounded like great experience though.
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Exactly. I really wish transportation wasn't an issue. Scribing sounds like a wonderful experience, which I probably will never get to experience. 🙁
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I'm a medical assistant, and I think it's even better.
I get to perform testing and direct patient care, as well as screen patients. Then I get to watch the doctor do an exam, diagnosis etc., so its like shadowing! I also get to make some serums and solutions for medications (under supervision). Best part is that I didn't need to be certified; I definitely recommend looking into private clinics where docs will hire non certified MAs.
I am so lucky to have found my job, it was just on my school's online listing too! I know this post sounds braggy (and it is), but scribing isn't the end all be all!
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Would you say your experiences are typical, or that you are lucky?
I volunteered at a free clinic, and the medical assistants were in the front office with me the entire time, filing.
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I would say that my experience is fairly typical, but I am slightly lucky as well. I may get to do some extra stuff (like making the solutions etc.). I believe that screening, interviewing, taking vitals, administering tests are fairly routine tasks for MAs, however I do file and complete paperwork as well (25% of the time).
I suppose it depends on the job description when you apply; mine clearly said that I would be providing direct patient care, and then secondary doing clerical work. Even if it was 50/50, I would be fine with it. You get to learn how much paperwork actually goes into a clinic and how all the administrative nonsense works.
Now if a medical assistant is ALWAYS at the front desk, then that is kind of a waste of your job and you might as well be a receptionist. But if the doctor hired you for clerical tasks then you can't complain I suppose.
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If anyone is in NW Ohio, the EM scribe company here is hiring.
