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Personal experience (I've met many pre- and current doctors during my studies) suggests that few doctors are scientists. They know a lot of things, but they're
by mablap 10y ago
Personal experience (I've met many pre- and current doctors during my studies) suggests that few doctors are scientists. They know a lot of things, but they're not what I'd call scientists in the same way a physicist or biologist would be (and I've often wondered why they'd get a "Doctorate" at all). So this might explain the abovementioned behaviour...
Yet I'm surprised by your colleagues behaviour nonetheless. I would have thought they'd have more retenue.
- undergroundOps 10y agoI also wouldn't call most of us scientists, though many at university hospitals are. I think the problem is that it's simpler to just take a study's conclusion and believe it. Because hey, it's peer-reviewed and in the NEJM! Easy! The adverse reaction I described is normal in medicine when you oppose the status quo. That's probably true in other professions and industries.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 10y agoAside from MD/PhD's, medical doctors are not trained in research or evaluating evidence, so are not scientists by any reasonable definition.