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What is a Scribe? A scribe is a physician collaborator who fulfills the primary secretarial and non-medical functions of the busy emergency physician. By focusing on, for example, data collection, the emergency physician is relieved from having to make time-consuming phone calls, and can gear up to see the next patient, answer a nurse's concern, or do the next patient procedure The Scribe will also actively track down delayed lab results, cat scan readings and any other pertinent information in order to disposition patients faster. This will allow the MD to prioritize tasks he or she must accomplish.Scribe Training Over the years, patient, physician and scribe feedback have shaped the process by which ScribeAmerica trains prospective scribes. By offering a competitive salary and unique medical experience, a job at ScribeAmerica is very appealing to local pre-medical college students and recent graduates. The scribe training program consists of 3 steps: Step 1 is a 2-week orientation course designed to get the scribe "up to speed" for his first day of collaboration with the emergency room physician. Step 2 is supervisory period during which a highly experienced scribe offers immediate review and feedback of the new scribes work. Step 3 is a periodic re-assessment that allows for indefinite and frequent review of the scribe's role and effectiveness in an effort to enable the scribe to always keep up-to-date with a dynamic workplace environment. The Advanced Scribe Training Program (approx 120 hours per scribe)
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