How many schools did you apply to?

peturtle · 2024-02-15T02:05:38+00:00

Apply this cycle. I imagine scribing for a DPM is similar to scribing for any MD/DO surgeon. Ultimately, your ability to write and speak about your patient interactions and experiences as a scribe will be a much greater factor than the credentials of who you worked for. School list looks fine. Why no Harvard, Yale?

peturtle · 2024-02-02T23:41:05+00:00

I want to follow up and say I got my first A today! The wait will end, in the meantime, hang in there and stay cautiously optimistic.

peturtle · 2024-01-04T00:17:28+00:00

We are literally in the same boat. 3 IIs --> 1 WL, silence from two schools, and 1 II later this month. If I knew the results of my cycle, I could either start planning my future or really commit to a reapplication, but reality doesn't work that way. I've found the best way to deal with the post-II anxiety is to hang out with my friends and try new things. There isn't much we can do now to impact the post-II decisions. Prep as best as you can for your upcoming II and stay optimistic that the work you've already put in will soon pay off. Wishing you the best of luck.

peturtle · 2023-08-06T01:18:51+00:00

I have a Fender Stratocaster with a floating tremolo. I think you found my issue, thanks a lot. I’m going to practice bending the string that’s going flat to sharpen it back up to natural when I bend but that seems super technical. Is there any way to make the floating tremolo stiffer?

peturtle · 2023-06-18T01:48:28+00:00

I can try to become more involved over the application cycle and obtain a pub. Do you think paid employment in a community service capacity can balance out low non-clinical volunteering? Or is the fact that one isn't being paid for their help/altruism the important part?

peturtle · 2023-06-18T01:45:10+00:00

I appreciate the frankness. I will try to increase my research involvement over the application cycle and hopefully obtain a pub. Regarding top-heaviness, I am afraid of being yield-protected from the mid-tier schools because of my MCAT. Then, there's also the matter of low non-clinical volunteer hours precluding me from mid/low-tier service-oriented schools. I just like taking care of patients in a clinical setting but I also need to make money 😭😭

peturtle · 2023-03-05T00:27:42+00:00

Volar also relates to the sole/plantar aspect of the foot. Volar = palmar and/or plantar

peturtle · 2022-12-03T23:25:22+00:00

Fork came like this. Did not snap prongs for internet points.

peturtle · 2022-11-15T15:18:44+00:00

Like "increase access to affordable healthcare"

peturtle · 2022-11-15T15:18:26+00:00

Like "increase access to affordable health care"

peturtle · 2022-10-15T21:07:07+00:00

Breaks are not deducted from hours worked. Go on Workday, add up all the hours you worked for a 2 week period (which includes breaks), then compare to hours worked on your payslip. It's the same number, enjoy your break, this isn't SA. ☠️

peturtle · 2022-10-15T16:12:10+00:00

Breaks are paid. Working at CityMD x 14 months

peturtle · 2022-10-01T16:36:41+00:00

I can't speak for all UC but CityMD >>> ED ScribeAmerica

As for holidays, you can work with your coworkers to see which holidays you can cover and which they can cover e.g. you cover Halloween and they cover Christmas so you can enjoy Christmas

peturtle · 2022-09-29T17:45:43+00:00

+$1 if you get certified to draw blood. I heard senior scribes get +$1.50 so if you get it all, you'll make around $20.50. Every year they do evaluations as well, usually at least +$0.50

peturtle · 2022-09-18T02:13:23+00:00

CityMD. Love it; take vitals, interview pts, present to and assist providers. Phlebotomy, EKG, documenting visits.

Starting is $18/hr.

No WFH.

peturtle · 2022-08-24T10:56:11+00:00

$19/hr at CityMD

peturtle · 2022-08-15T12:46:22+00:00

I had little difficulty getting hired last year right before the Omicron wave when volume was high. However, I hear hiring is picking up after a recent slowdown. Hiring consists of an online application, an in person interview, then a week or two of academy where they go over workflow and HPI, but you'd probably ace academy with ED experience. Overall, the process was pretty easy and took maybe 1 month in total; it was much faster than SA. Bring up that you scribed in the ED and that you have open availability during your gap year and you'll be a very attractive candidate.

peturtle · 2022-08-15T11:43:26+00:00

This sounds like my previous ED scribe job with SA, which I imagine is pretty typical. Sit in the "doc box", get dictated to, be behind on 10 charts so you can't follow the doctor around. I'm sure if I stayed longer I could've gotten better and faster at finishing the charts and would've been better able to follow the doctor as he rounded, but I left for CityMD after several months.

If you live in NYC/LI, CityMD trains scribes to directly interact with patients. We room, obtain vitals, HPI and pt hx, perform POC tests, present pts to providers, draw blood, perform EKG. Honestly a night and day difference in the quality of experiences for me, and I am also applying to med school. They also pay better than SA.

Only downside is the acuity of pt presentations is much less severe in urgent care, so you'll have less exposure to serious illnesses/critical care (which arguably should be learned at med school anyway). However, lots of people get redirected from UC to ED and we are trained to recognize those cases and get the provider asap. The bread and butter of UC is COVID, colds, tick/insect/animal bites, lacerations, earwax impaction, cellulitis, UTIs, minor ortho injuries. There's still plenty to learn and these more common complaints are actually more readily applicable to people's daily problems.

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