ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2018
The Potential Impact of Scribes on Medical School Applicants and Medical Students with the New Clinical Documentation Guidelines.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- How does medical scribes' work inform development of speech-based clinical documentation technologies? A systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2020Pooled it
- Professional and academic pre-qualifications, career preferences and aspirations in working as a rural doctor.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Prevalence of Burnout Among Health Care Professionals Related to Electronic Health Record Use: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Review
- How professional and academic pre-qualifications relate to success in medical education: Results of a multicentre study in Germany.PloS one · 2024Article
- Impact of a Medical Scribe Program on the Educational Trajectory of Prehealth and Underrepresented in Medicine Students.Family medicine · 2023Article
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- Impact of Medical Scribe Experiences on Subsequent Medical Student Learning.Medical science educator · 2021Article
- The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Safe use of the EHR by medical scribes: a qualitative study.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
- Being a Medical Scribe: Good Preparation for Becoming a Doctor.Medical science educator · 2020Article
- Survey of Osteopathic Medical Students Regarding Physician Shadowing Experiences Before and During Medical School Training.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
The presence of scribes in various specialties, including internal medicine, is being heralded as a way to decrease clinician documentation time and burnout. Many medical school applicants become scribes to understand life as a doctor and gain clinical experience. Scribing is already perceived by some as a new key to successfully gaining entrance to medical school. One season of our admissions data showed that scribes were more likely to be admitted (OR = 1.61). Scribes may also inadvertently make it harder for medical schools to secure clinical placements for medical students. While trained scribes are highly valued by providers struggling to deal with increasing documentation burdens, supervising or training scribes also requires time that cannot be devoted to teaching. Medical documentation duties could provide valuable learning experiences for medical students. The recent ruling allowing medical students to contribute directly to clinical documentation without requiring redocumentation by supervisors gives medical schools and clinician-educators an opportunity to consider the unintended consequences of the scribe movement for medical education. Educators should consider when and how students can maximize the educational benefits of participating in patient documentation despite the templated methods commonly used in electronic health record (EHR) systems.
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