As a virtual scribe, your primary responsibilities are to create medical notes that summarize patient encounters with a physician or nurse. In this role, you may document the encounter based on audio recordings, clarify medical directions or prescription authorizations with the doctor, submit paperwork electronically, prepare referral letters and similar documentation, and perform some administrative tasks. While scribes can work at computers in clinics, there are virtual positions where scribes work from home. Scribe work can be time-sensitive, so virtual scribes often write notes and prepare reports during regular business hours instead of working at a self-determined pace.