Life as a Fellow

Responsibilities and Benefits

• Opportunity to observe provider(s) in clinic while providing support or assistance as a COMET fellow
• Opportunity to learn from or assist with patient examinations or procedures
• Opportunity to provide medical documentation support (including pre-charting, chart reviews, scribing, and preparing after visit summaries or detailed patient instructions)
• Opportunity to observe provider(s) in the Operating Room, if applicable and available
• Opportunity to be exposed to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, such as with documentation support, medical decision making, or developing advancements 

Expectations of Fellows

• After acceptance to the fellowship, complete medical scribe online training to learn the basics of medical transcription and medical terminology (approximately 50 hours)
• Be available beginning September 22, 2025 for program onboarding and in-clinic training on the Stanford campus
• Complete 25+ hours of in-clinic training with COMET trainers and physician mentor(s), where you will build your expertise in medical scribing
• Work side by side with physician mentor(s) for a minimum of 20 hours a week
  • Example of a scribe's schedule
• Commit to a year-long fellowship ending October 30, 2026

Educational Opportunities

In addition to the clinical experience  you will gain through scribing, you will also have opportunities to participate in:

• Educational seminars. Examples include:
  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) lectures on a variety of specialties by experts in their field supplemented with peer-facilitated discussions
  • Peer led presentations and discussions of case reports, innovative programs, and faculty research
• Opportunities to expand your skills beyond the traditional scribe role. Examples include:
  • Rooming patients and taking vital signs
  • Updating preventative services for patients
  • Engaging patients in health coaching and motivational interviewing 
  • Scribing in innovative models (i.e. telehealth visits, team visits, collaborative visits)

Research and Scholarship 

• Fellows are encouraged to pursue optional research with their mentor(s) and/or other Stanford faculty. To learn more about current faculty research interests, please see our Faculty page.
• The program has a long history of fellow-driven research projects, many of which have been presented at national conferences. Past ​projects include:
  • The effects of scribing on physician and patient satisfaction
  • Scribing as an avenue of pipeline development in primary care
  • And many more! 
• The fellowship provides a stipend for travel and accommodation for fellows who have been accepted to present at regional or national conferences.