Urgent Care Scribe Course
Specialized lessons that discuss common symptoms, conditions, and treatment options you will encounter and document while working in an urgent care clinic.
Urgent Care Scribe Course Overview
100% Online
This online course can be completed from a computer, laptop or smartphone. All materials are included
learn at your own pace
Videos, quizzes and clinical practice scenarios help test your knowledge. You can start at any time
Medical scribe certification
Become a certified medical scribe to demonstrate your scribing knowledge to employers or schools
Professionalism
Learn how to behave during sensitive situations you may encounter in the urgent care setting
Comprehensive Program
Our Urgent Care course is bundled with our General and specialty courses for comprehensive learning
Practice in Real-time
Listen to physician-patient encounters and practice scribing in real time, then review with a scribe trainer
Urgent Care Scribe Course Description
This course will prepare you to work as a medical scribe in the urgent care clinic. You will learn the fundamentals of working as an urgent care scribe, including common presenting symptoms, treatment options available in this setting and medical documentation. After completing this course, you will know what is expected of you before your first day on the job. Video lessons are followed by quizzes to reinforce your learning. You can also purchase additional courses for extensive learning.
This in-depth course covers urgent care specific topics including:
- Common presenting symptoms and conditions
- Outpatient testing and treatment options
- Medications
- Situations that require further care
- Terminology and abbreviations
- Medical documentation
- Practice clinical scenarios
How will this course help me succeed?
Knowing what it takes to be a medical scribe and how to function in the clinical environment can prepare you to discuss these topics and more in career and professional school interviews. Our training courses will help you build a solid foundation of knowledge in medical terminology, professionalism as a medical scribe and proper medical chart documentation.
How do I know if I’ll be good at scribing?
Scribing takes practice! Each lesson includes quiz questions and vocabulary terms to support your learning. Every course also features clinical practice scenarios, where you will listen to a doctor visit and fill out a medical chart in real-time. Then review with a scribe trainer.
Who is this course for?
- Individuals interested in becoming an urgent care scribe.
- Employers who wish to streamline their training process.
- Existing medical professionals (e.g. medical assistants) who will add scribing to their duties.
Course Packages and Masterclass
Two course package: The Urgent Care course is designed to build off of the General Medical Scribe Training course, so these courses are packaged together. With this course bundle, you will receive two complete training courses and two certificates for one low enrollment fee!
Three course package: For students who want to expand their knowledge of scribing in outpatient settings, the Family Medicine course can be added to the two course package.
Masterclass: The Urgent Care course is also included in the Outpatient Clinic Masterclass. This features the General Medical Scribe course and three specialty courses – Urgent Care, Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine – so you can learn how patients are evaluated and treated from start to finish in different clinical settings. You’ll get more hours of video instruction and additional practice scenarios. Upon completion, you’ll receive four certificates! Plus help finding a job.
Help with Your Job Search
Students enrolled in our Outpatient Clinic Masterclass receive job search assistance. We have partnerships with large healthcare organizations, clinics, and companies looking to hire medical scribes for remote and in-person positions. These job opportunities span a wide range of specialties and clinical environments – emergency medicine, family medicine, urgent care, OB/GYN, and more!
Hiring managers look forward to receiving applications from our top students. Students taking these courses build a solid foundation in medical scribe terminology and practice that puts them ahead of other applicants. The Outpatient Masterclass Package will make you an exceptional candidate for scribe positions across a variety of specialties.
Urgent Care Scribe Course Outline
Urgent Care Course Reviews
Medical Scribe Certification
A certificate is awarded for each course completed. Each of our certificates comes with a unique identification number. You can provide this certificate to future employers or graduate schools and they can contact us to verify the authenticity of the certificate and your completion of the course. The certificate is good for all states.
Course Contributors
Devon Pace, MD
Prior to entering medical school, Dr. Pace functioned as a medical scribe for two years in the emergency medicine and primary care settings. He completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Pace is currently a general surgery resident and pediatric surgery research fellow.
Maria Lopez, MD
Dr. Lopez worked more than two years as an emergency department virtual scribe for a large medical staffing company where she advanced to medical scribe supervisor and trainer. Building on this experience she then worked for one of the largest medical scribe companies as chief of telescribes, where she successfully trained medical scribes on electronic health record systems such as Meditech, MedHost and Cerner. Dr. Lopez’s experience provides broad insight on best practices and effective teaching strategies when delivering medical scribe services and training online.
Bryce Mooney, PhD
Dr. Mooney is managing director at Medical Scribes Training Institute. He has made a career of combining healthcare, technology and marketing. Recently, he served as chief technology officer for the largest online medical 3D printing community. He has performed market research for some of the largest pharma and medical device companies and worked at Accenture, Microsoft and Ancestry.com in various technology roles.
Britt Picuri, MS
Britt has a master’s degree in biomedical sciences and about 2 years of experience as a medical scribe in various settings, including the emergency department and urgent care clinics. She has experience working with both adult and pediatric populations. Her time as a medical scribe prepared her to take on additional roles in healthcare including work as a clinical research coordinator, medical writer, and pharmaceutical chemist. These experiences have given her a unique perspective on how to effectively integrate the fundamental knowledge of both pathophysiology and medical documentation to prepare students for their position as a medical scribe.
Urgent Care Scribe Course Options
Urgent Care + General Medical Scribe Courses
2 Course Package
Package Includes:
Save 50%: $1199
$599
Urgent Care + Family Medicine + General
3 Course Package
Package Includes:
Save 50%: $1399
$699
Outpatient Clinic Masterclass
4 Course Package
Package Includes:
Save 50%: $1599
$799
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