How working as a scribe prepared me for medical school
After undergrad, and before starting medical school, I worked for two years as scribe in the emergency department. I followed emergency physicians and completed their charts as they saw patients. I would also remind the physicians of various tasks to complete, alert them of abnormal lab values and pull up x-rays to be interpreted.
One of the reasons I wanted the job was to gain experience in medicine, first as a …
How working as a scribe prepared me for medical school






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