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I couldn't imagine speaking in front of a bunch of American doctors. I'm stereotyping, but as a group they have huge egos, and are trained to be critical. Thi

I couldn't imagine speaking in front of a bunch of American doctors. I'm stereotyping, but as a group they have huge egos, and are trained to be critical. This has just been my experience. In reality, they are very well trained mechanics. That last sentance is curtesy of Dr. Dean Edell. I miss that guy. We put doctors on pedestals in the states. I have found very few deserve this special treatment. I'll get beat up over this post. I don't care. To the person I'm writing to, I had a horrid fear of public speaking. I actually got through college with only one public speaking engagement. It was a sweaty train wreck. As I've aged, public speaking got to the point where my pulse doesn't even flinch.

louthy 11y ago
Indeed. It's totally irrational, most of the doctors I know aren't that smart. Yes, they're very good in the area of their specialism, but more often than not they let their extreme expertise in one area cloud their judgements/abilities in other areas. I've had clinicians telling me how long they think it should take to develop a feature in our app for example. Even if they were an expert in software development (which none are) then it's still very arrogant to assume knowledge of our system and how we developed it. Obviously this is a blanket statement, I'm sure this doesn't characterise every clinician. But I have seen this a lot.