Medical Scribe

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Specializes in ICU Stepdown.

Hello everyone :)

I have a phone interview tomorrow for a medical scribe position. Just want to know if anyone has experience in this position. I have read good and bad things about it but would like to hear experienced directly from individuals on here about it. This is just a very open ended post, I'd love to hear anything that you can say about it.

A little background about me: I am pursuing my ADN at a community college, I am currently in pre nursing, recently finished a CNA course, am a feeding assistant/activity aide and I am pretty familiar with medical terminology.

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Hey how did this go for you? I have an interview on monday but I don't know anyone that has done this and wanted some intel.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

I worked as a scribe for ophthalmologists before becoming a nurse. It was kinda fun because you get to learn details you would not know otherwise. You need access to a medical dictionary and good spellcheck. The one on Windows does not recognize a lot of medical terms.The frustration lies in understanding dialects and accents, but eventually that comes. I continued to work for one MD after I got into nursing. I would do work on my off days. I also edited his publications for spelling and grammatical errors. It was interesting

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I worked as a scribe for ophthalmologists before becoming a nurse. It was kinda fun because you get to learn details you would not know otherwise. You need access to a medical dictionary and good spellcheck. The one on Windows does not recognize a lot of medical terms.The frustration lies in understanding dialects and accents, but eventually that comes. I continued to work for one MD after I got into nursing. I would do work on my off days. I also edited his publications for spelling and grammatical errors. It was interesting

That's really neat! How is the pay for the industry? Is it decent or closer to minimum wage?

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
That's really neat! How is the pay for the industry? Is it decent or closer to minimum wage?

In my area the job is $10-$15/hr depending on candidate background

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Well even the low end isn't bad. Did you go through a company or just apply directly with the clinic?

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