AMSP Online Apprentice Medical Scribe Professional Certification Course

The Apprentice Medical Scribe Professional (AMSP) credential is awarded to a candidate who successfully passes the Medical Scribe certification exam and possesses less than 200 hours of documented front-line, on-the-job medical scribe experience. 

The 1-hour 15-minute exam consists of 100 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions and requires a minimum passing score of 80 or above. The practical exam questions are designed to test a candidate's knowledge, skill, and ability to work as a medical scribe effectively in today's healthcare environment The emphasis in the practical portion of the exam is more on critical thinking skills rather than keyboarding, research, or other technical skills. 

The AMSP credentialing exam is administered by the American Healthcare Documentation Professionals Group (AHDPG). The American Healthcare Documentation Professionals Group launched the industry's first online medical scribe training program in 2011. 

The MSCE credentialing exam is designed to assess competency in medical scribing by verifying a medical scribe's breadth of knowledge with respect to medical terminology, technical spelling, the Patient Privacy Rule and HIPAA, the scribe's role in medico-legal risk mitigation, understanding the essential elements of documenting a physician­ patient encounter, evaluation and management level, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Physician QualityReporting System (PQRS), the Joint Commission's  Accountability Measures, and general knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of general medical personnel.

NOTE: Once the Medical Scribe possesses 200  hours of documented front-line, on-the-job medical scribe experience he/she is eligible to be recognized as a Certified Medical Scribe Professional (CMSP).