“Take abdominal aortic aneurysms,” Lauren says. “These are four times as likely to occur in males than females, but this very significant difference wasn’t emphasized. I had to look it up, and I don’t have the time to look up the sex predominance for the hundreds of diseases I’m expected to know. I’m not even sure what I’m not being taught, and unless my classmates are as skeptical as I am, they probably aren’t aware either.”
True. Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US, and that's just reported errors, which tend to be more towards the egregious side.
Imagine how many minor errors are committed daily, that won't directly kill someone but perhaps lowers their quality of life, or results in latent problems going unsolved?
Realistically, generalists need to be tangentially aware of most maladies, with the ability to rapidly gain additional accurate information when they encounter a more rare condition.
There's too much for any one person to know, which is why specialists exist.
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Moral of the story: Stay the hell away from Doctors under 40.
I stay away from Medical Doctors period.
I would trust a medieval barber more at this point.
True. Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US, and that's just reported errors, which tend to be more towards the egregious side.
Imagine how many minor errors are committed daily, that won't directly kill someone but perhaps lowers their quality of life, or results in latent problems going unsolved?
You don't get a license to practice then. Walk off a cliff.
Realistically, generalists need to be tangentially aware of most maladies, with the ability to rapidly gain additional accurate information when they encounter a more rare condition.
There's too much for any one person to know, which is why specialists exist.