Question on being a Medical Scribe

[hopefulpilotdoctor]

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Hey everyone!

Just wondering is there is any stigma associated with being a medical scribe at an urgent care clinic, as opposed to a hospital setting. In my area, there are only a few openings, and the more convenient one for me by far is at a MEDcare Urgent Care Clinic.

Also, can anyone say what a standard hours requirement would be for a scribe in general? I'm a non-trad with a full time schedule in the Air Force, with shift work and a rotating weekly schedule and all. I just want make sure I can actually meet the requirements of a scribe.

Bottom line: scribe at Urgent care a good idea?

Thanks everyone,

DEW

 

[workaholic181]

It won't matter that you're at a urgent care. You're still working with patients, providers and nurses, and thats the real importance of the position.

 

[FlyerScribe]

I was an ER scribe for 3 years. And no if you just want to put something on your resume it should not make a difference. But if you want to really learn a lot and improve your clinical and general medical knowledge years beyond your peers, work in a hospital. Working in the ER I saw cases many wont see in thier clinicals and maybe even residency. I saw level 1 traumas, gunshot wounds, meningitis, hypglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, etc. I also saw a doc manipulate the dive reflex to take a kid out of svt (old school medicine at its finest)... an adcom wont see much difference between the two but if you want to have a greater knowledge base, ER is the way to go

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