ScribeAmerica Final: Medications?

[firstgenmed]

Taking my final tomorrow and I'm generally nervous about it, but particularly the "Medications" section which will consume a large part of the exam. I'm having trouble studying for this section without knowing what to expect in terms of format. Will they ask us to list out all of the medications and alternate names for each drug type? Will they gives us the alternative name and ask us to name the name of the drug/function or vice versa?

Help!

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[mk059]

I'm confused here...what makes you think that the medications are a large part of the exam? Are you going into OP/ER/etc?

 

[Jdp00921]

One year full-time experienced ED scribe here. I'm not sure if you had different training or are going into a different specialty; however, my exam had very, very little if any medication questions at all. It's primarily the abbreviations and medical terminology that you learned. It isn't difficult if you prepare moderately. Again, I'm not sure if your final will be different but if it's similar to my final and your training was similar to mine, I wouldn't sweat it. It's pretty easy.

 

[mk059]

Yeah that's what I was getting at. I'm a 6-month full-time experienced OP scribe at a location which requires ACMSS certification as well and scribe trainer so I've been through A LOT of training. Never once was I asked about specific medications. Whole thing start to finish took me 15 mins if I remember correctly.

 

[monty55]

OP is probably going into hospital medicine. Medications are about 1/3 of the inpatient final exam. You need to know medication name, alternative name and “type” (antibiotic, analgesic, etc)

 

[•Syzygy•]

i was an internal medicine scribe and i had to know medications. i don't remember how much of the test they were, but the test itself wasnt that hard. i would see if you can ask if there is a possibility it could get narrowed down because some of those medications you will never see probably lol. my chief scribe was nice enough to make a narrowed list

 

[firstgenmed]

Well I took (and passed!) my exam today. My position is a hospitalist scribe, which as I understand, requires additional training requirements. There was a significant section on medications, for those who may be taking a similar exam and would like to know.

 

[firstgenmed]

i was an internal medicine scribe and i had to know medications. i don't remember how much of the test they were, but the test itself wasnt that hard. i would see if you can ask if there is a possibility it could get narrowed down because some of those medications you will never see probably lol. my chief scribe was nice enough to make a narrowed list

Thank you for the reply and your help!

 

[firstgenmed]

OP is probably going into hospital medicine. Medications are about 1/3 of the inpatient final exam. You need to know medication name, alternative name and “type” (antibiotic, analgesic, etc)

This is correct! You are asked to provide the alternative name and category of medication, as well as name x number of any type of medication (ex: name two antiemetic medications). Also be sure to know the subcategories for antihypertensives (ie. beta blockers) and which medications fall under each category.

 

[firstgenmed]

I'm confused here...what makes you think that the medications are a large part of the exam? Are you going into OP/ER/etc?

Hospitalist scribe (inpatient). I am gathering that ED scribes are not required to memorize medication names, alternative names, type, dose, etc.