Hello, thanks for taking the time to read:
I worked as a scribe at a private neurology practice for a couple years, my duties as described in my LoR were limited to typical scribe duties - dictation, grabbing records, etc (i.e: what I will describe below was not acknowledged in the LoR I received)
In addition to this however, I would also interact with patients if they were waiting for a long time because the doctor was busy. Usually these conversations would be about what they came in for, how long was it going on, how was it impacting their life, etc. None of these facts made it into the medical record, but the information divulged in these conversations resembled a medical history. The doctor would later come in, take a proper history, and the interaction would continue as normal with me dictating.
I use some of those patient interaction experiences in my personal statement - notably one where the patient was initially reluctant to say that her symptoms had worsened (she felt like she was not being listened to by the physician and decided she just wanted a note to go back to work instead of trying more medication adjustments). I explained that if she could tell me what was going on, I could present her concern to the physician directly. She agreed and before the encounter started I let the doctor know that she actually wasn't feeling well and her symptoms had worsened since last visit.
I'm concerned that relaying this experience might constitute violation of a scribe's scope of practice, but I wanted to hear your opinion before reworking my PS.
Appreciate your help!
