We work with inpatient, outpatient, and emergency medicine. We do all the hiring, training, assessment. We partner with big health systems, as well as small providers, who see a need for help with documentation. We’re experts in managing scribe programs. We’ve also started programs in Canada and Australia. It’s the largest scribe company in the US. I see the focus in admissions shifting from research to clinical exposure, and this is a great way to get meaningful experience. (It can also be a way to reaffirm your goals.) Scribing is also valuable for people who aren’t sure about medicine – it’s a great way to learn whether medicine is for you. And teamwork and adaptability are crucial. They want people who have a realistic idea of what the practice of medicine means. Linda: From a medical admissions perspective, scribing is one of the most valued forms of clinical exposure for premeds. The skills it teaches you are important in life as well as medical school and as a future provider. The scribe role forces you to be an expert at adaptation. You’re still working as part of a team, so depending on the team interaction, sometimes there are interpersonal issues. What type of feedback do you get from scribes? īut there’s really not another experience where you, as a college student, can go in and work alongside a medical provider (and get paid for it!) and get direct experience/understanding of how patient interactions work, how a medical practice works, etc. I was always interested in business and tech, and I found a way to do that with this work. That’s part of why I wanted to go into medicine in the first place.ĭo you still plan to go into medicine? It’s a game changer for the provider and the patient – improving care. So the provider doesn’t need to fumble around in the electronic medical record. The provider can better focus their care with a scribe – the scribe can look up history, etc. An orthopedic surgeon’s scribal needs are different than an ER doc or a family medicine provider.ĭo you remember any especially meaningful experiences from your own scribing? We try to adapt to what the clients’ needs are. We work in 60 different specialties, including inpatient (hospitalist) and outpatient settings. Or there may be shifts up to 12 hours, more often in an ER setting. Some shifts are as short as four hours – maybe in surgical specialties where the doctor may only see patients in clinic for four hours and then do surgeries or procedures after that. What does a typical scribing shift look like? Ī lot depends on the client location. Later the opportunity arose to take on more of a management role with the scribing company, which I really enjoy – implementing scribing programs around the country. I scribed for six months in a level-two emergency department in Denver. It took a while to go through the training, which covers everything from medical terminology, to the workflow, to labs and imaging tests. I often say that it’s easy to do but difficult to learn. It seemed like being a medical scribe would get me closer to that medical school goal. I wanted to do something more intellectual, and circled back to the ideal of going to med school, so I did some postbac courses. I moved to Denver to complete my MSW, and was working for a cool nonprofit that did adventure programs for young adults with cancer. How did you get involved with ScribeAmerica? He started working as a scribe in May 2013 and became a Scribe manager for Scribe America in May 2014. He also did postbac work at the University of Denver. in psychology from SUNY Brockport, and an MSW from the University of Denver in 2011. Today’s guest is Matthew Glowinsky, Strategy and Operational Planning Associate at ScribeAmerica, one of the largest scribe training and placement companies in the U.S. A great way to get such exposure is by working as a scribe. Clinical exposure is virtually a requirement for acceptance to ALL U.S. Medical schools across the board want to know that the people they admit know what they’re getting into and have an understanding of clinical practice based on personal experience. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Stitcher | TuneIn Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
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