Pay is not great BUT it is the same if not more than any other college parttime job so I don't see why scribes always complain about the pay. 
It was not uncommon for people to ask to take their shifts because they're failing chemistry and need a day to catch up on their homework.
Many of the scribes have a hard time getting good grades. I thought I was just good but not great and always told I was great. Our Chief scribe was not that great, our trainers were not that great. Groups/sites vary in competency by location. When the nurses get what they need done they can sit down and talk for a few minutes until the next thing comes along while we try to ignore them and maybe see the patients on time. I see that physician (and scribe) is not one of those jobs. Many jobs whether office jobs or field jobs have some degree of downtime. It's always been my dream to open a business and now is the time to take that risk (If you have to be financially ruined, better when I'm single and can just start from scratch and still be young by the end.) Looking at other opportunities honesty, just keeping my options open. I hate the daily routine of waking up SO early and working until 5PM going room to room seeing the same 2 or 3 conditions. 
After nearly a year working as a scribe in a specialty outpatient clinic I realized I absolutely dread days I work. Outpatient Hours/Business Days and school really don't go well together. It's finals week and they wanted me to work 4 days 6AM-5PM, one day in the satellite clinic 2 hours away. I worked for physicians in a competitive IM subspecialty, many well known, a few easily nationally recognized. But this was sometimes really hard to do, especially for undesirable shifts.In many ways, this position was to die for. We were, however, allowed to swap shifts with each other as needed. We submitted our availability each month and shifts were assigned to us. Also, I'm sure that scribing in an outpatient setting would be different.ĮDIT: Also, I know this varies by program, but in mine we did not choose our own shifts. Your best bet would be to research the scribe jobs in your area as they may be more accommodating of current students. My program was small and independent, though-not affiliated with a large scribe company. For this reason, almost all of us were in gap years with the exception of a few medical students who were allowed to work super super part-time. I worked in the ER so this included day (7a-3p, 8a-4p), night (3p-11p), and overnight (11p-7a) shifts on weekdays, weekends, and holidays. In my program, part-time was around 20 hrs/week and we had a 1-year commitment. I think it will depend on a lot on the company/program you're scribing for.
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