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Sure. I'd also look at whether it's possible to train people to do specific procedures without needing to learn a lot of irrelevant stuff.
by incompatible 10y ago
Sure. I'd also look at whether it's possible to train people to do specific procedures without needing to learn a lot of irrelevant stuff.
- brianwawok 10y agoCoding bootcamp doctors? I don't know biology but I took a 6 week class on plastic surgery.....
- incompatible 10y agoSomething like that, as long as they know how to perform the specific procedure and how to deal with all the things that can go wrong. The coding equivalent of doctors training would be a) taking a general bachelor's degree b) taking a 4 year computer science degree c) specific training in programming in 24 different languages and 400 frameworks d) get a job programming in Java and eventually forgetting most of the other stuff.
- ethbro 10y agoI think there would be a lot of merit to a workshop + 1 certified engineer method. Allow a medical facility to employ less-generally trained specialists (e.g. nurse practitioners) to perform procedures, as long as they have one generalist with deeper knowledge on site during procedures and who signs off on courses of treatment. I realize this is somewhat the resident model, but it seems like there's room to expand that, decrease costs, and provide a job opportunity for people who are fine accepting a lower salary and stopping their medical training at that point. Having had a few friends go through medical school, I absolutely have compassion for their side of the equation. They go into extensive debt (yes, usually with good loan terms) on the promise of "if you make it, then you'll be able to repay this / have the debt forgiven." But it doesn't seem like there's any "I don't want to go all the way" escape route.