Scribes Blog

Becoming a medical scribe is a unique and valuable experience, especially for students considering a future in medicine. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in medicine health care field, or if you’re simply interested in becoming […]

Most pre-health students are looking for one thing on their pursuit of medicine: experience.  At EPPA we know what types of experiences professional schools look for in applicants. Which is why the EPPA Scribe Program […]

Day in the Life  “As a full-time scribe I can be found in the ED at any time on any day, but a normal weekday morning shift always begins with coffee (if I’m with the […]

Advanced Practice Clinicians and the Scribe Advantage EPPA’s Director of Quality and head of the APC training program, Dr. Peter Currie, discusses how EPPA is incorporating Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) into EPPA’s Emergency Medicine practice and […]

We’re back with our second entry in a series of clinical topics of importance submitted by EPPA’s Director of Quality; Dr. Peter Currie.  In these posts, we’ll unpack a particular clinical topic in detail.  Today’s […]

Please enjoy our first entry in a series of clinical topics of importance submitted by EPPA’s Director of Quality; Dr. Peter Currie.  In these posts, we’ll unpack a particular clinical topic in detail.  Our first […]

I was asked to write about a “typical day in the life of a scribe.” While reflecting about this, I came to a pretty cool realization: there is no typical day in the life of […]

EPPA Scribes attend monthly education sessions.  We cover clinical topics which continue expand our scribe’s understanding of medicine after their initial training.  Past topics have included; ‘evaluating abdominal pain in the acute care setting,’ ‘psychosocial […]

My Time as a Scribe I was an EPPA scribe for just under two years, with the majority spent working as a full-timer. I had the joy of working in the Emergency Department and then […]

What would you say you do here? …During a mundane graveyard shift, our team was rushed back into a stabilization room to find blood-drenched paramedics and a patient with penetrating neck trauma that visually exposed […]

Do you have questions?  We’ve got answers! Question:  How did your experience as a scribe contribute/come up in your interview process for a scribe supervisor position; perhaps you were able to answer a difficult question […]

As a full time scribe I can be found in the ED at any time on any day, but a normal weekday morning shift always begins with coffee (if I’m with the right physician they […]