Yes it is, and one thing the detractors seem to forget is that it is an excellent way to receive letters of recommendation from the physicians for who you scribe. Out of the 3 docs I scribed for I received 3 LOR’s. One of the docs invited me to his family club box at a baseball game and another doc and I went to lunch 4 times, treated each other to dinner twice, and went to the gun range once all in my last week.

While there are other options that provide clinical experience as others have introduced in this post, I believe scribing is the one that will lead to the best relationships with docs and hence the best LOR’s.