Who is caring for the caregivers? A medical scribe’s perspective.
I’m not going to be a doctor. It feels more like a confession than a statement — like I’m disappointing someone. Each time I say, or even think, those words, I feel as if I need to atone for it. Survey a hundred scribes. Ask them of their goal in becoming a scribe, and all of them will tell you about higher aspirations. They want to be surgeons, cardiologists, intensivists, …