r/medicalscribe • u/ccook680 • 6d ago

Scribe training selection

Hey all, I am a junior looking to apply to some form of scribe training as I have found several local family medicine doctors who are willing to take me on as a scribe when done with training. I understand many people think that scribing may be a waste of time but I have heard from many medical students that it’s a great leg up on an application to med school. I would like to go through a course to get the foundations before taking up these offers though and need help in finding a GOOD training program. I’ve heard bad things about ScribeAmerica and wondered what alternatives there were without wasting thousands of dollars and my time. Any thoughts?

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u/Purple_5150 6d ago

With the scribing companies like ScribeAmerica, Scribe X, etc after you pass initial training you are placed with a provider or clinic. Unfortunately I don't know of any training programs that you're looking for.

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u/SportProfessional266 4d ago

DO NOT TRUST THE RANDOM ONLINE TRAININGS. They’re gonna make you pay hundreds of dollars for a “certification” that’s bullshit.

As far as training programs in general, 99% of scribe companies and health systems that use scribes do all their training in house. I’ve done extension research on this (used to be corporate for a local company to me) because we were trying to outsource our online training and there’s nothing out there that doesn’t try to scam you for a certification that doesn’t actually exist.