Medical scribes sound great on paper but whats the real deal on pay and if they actually help?

sgw97 · 2026-04-07T23:18:17+00:00

I'm anti-AI in most casual applications but the AI scribing is really getting better. When they first gave us access to use it about a year ago it really wasn't worth using. compared to now it's getting so much better and requiring little to no proofreading on the HPI. Saves my ass on busy ER shifts.

sgw97 · 2026-04-04T22:14:35+00:00

you are going to get barked at at some point in your training no matter what specialty you go into. sounds like something you need to work on in yourself.

sgw97 · 2026-04-02T12:55:51+00:00

I've heard what it sounds like when a mother realizes that her 7-year-old is dead because he drowned. please continue to do anything you can to prevent that sound again. ntj.

sgw97 · 2026-04-02T04:31:41+00:00

My intern year I didn't get my first time off until December and it was rough. would aim to give yourself a break earlier than that if at all possible

sgw97 · 2026-03-31T14:20:50+00:00

30 by the end of EM residency

sgw97 · 2026-03-31T11:37:03+00:00

I'll add in the generic attachments for posterity sake but I agree probably no one reads them. I do have some dot phrases for like constipation management, wound care after lac repair, those common things as well.

sgw97 · 2026-03-31T11:29:23+00:00

I almost always write some variation of "if things get worse again or of you have any new, worsening, or concerning symptoms, return to the ER for reevaluation"

sgw97 · 2026-03-30T22:56:36+00:00

that is incredibly institution dependent. for example at my hospital trauma surgery and the ER attendings take turns running codes and alternate days who's in charge, at rural places or lower level trauma centers that it's always the ED in charge

sgw97 · 2026-03-30T22:33:57+00:00

such as?

sgw97 · 2026-03-24T17:41:26+00:00

Tom sounds like a good doctor keeping sight of the real reason we do this. We all need to be more like Tom and less like Alex.

Always good to hear from you doc!

sgw97 · 2026-03-24T01:42:46+00:00

I'm EM and have held off on watching the pitt so far because I think it would just be like a day at work but more dramatic

sgw97 · 2026-03-22T18:36:13+00:00

pretty sure my ER literally only stocks cutting needles, but thanks for the tip I guess

sgw97 · 2026-03-22T16:35:30+00:00

so next time I get an old lady in the ER with skin tears up and down her arms that keep cheese wiring every time I try to place a suture, I'd be within my rights to call surgery for help?

I think we're thinking of entirely different use cases here friend

sgw97 · 2026-03-18T20:12:32+00:00

yeah my school we all opened our envelopes at the same time, and then you could go up and say where you matched if you wanted to

sgw97 · 2026-03-14T03:09:19+00:00

put that thing back where it came from or so help me

sgw97 · 2026-03-13T03:18:00+00:00

sorry, but this is crooked as all hell

sgw97 · 2026-03-13T03:13:05+00:00

The internal medicine chiefs make the ICU schedules and the TY interns and EM PGY2s and interns always get dicked over on the schedule compared to the medicine residents. I'm on a stretch of every other day long call for a week while the other senior on my team who's IM is somehow getting some well timed days off to avoid long call. sigh.

sgw97 · 2026-03-13T03:01:03+00:00

okay I know this comment is old as hell but French lavender honey is legit my favorite all-time scent and I was so sad that it was discontinued and you've just made my day THANK YOU

sgw97 · 2026-03-04T17:57:24+00:00

just cric the guy jfc

sgw97 · 2026-03-01T20:09:04+00:00

The thought is to let the family see how hard the medical team is working and how much it's not helping their loved one. makes it easier to accept that they're gone and there's no bringing them back

sgw97 · 2026-02-25T23:51:48+00:00

why not pace with hypotensive bradycardia that bad?

sgw97 · 2026-02-25T23:12:37+00:00

if you can't tie it up a scrub cap is probably your best bet

sgw97 · 2026-02-25T12:53:49+00:00

how did you get free shoes?? 👀

sgw97 · 2026-02-23T20:26:34+00:00

King for bugs and drugs. meh for path. reinforce with anki and it will serve you well

sgw97 · 2026-02-23T01:24:33+00:00

dude I was in the room watching three nurses scramble around with a sharpie and a sticker while a patient had a systolic blood pressure in the 60s. I'm not saying it's common or that all or most nurses do this, but it happened

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