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Doctors aren’t, on average, as competent or on the ball as you think. They don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of every drug available.
by wyager 9y ago
Doctors aren’t, on average, as competent or on the ball as you think. They don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of every drug available.
- RightMillennial 9y agoA competent physician, like a competent programmer, doesn't need to have a every drug or library memorized. He needs adequate knowledge to know what to look for and where to find it.
- wyager 9y agoAgain, most physicians aren’t that competent. There’s an entire set of literature based around getting your doctor to think critically, because most of them have just done the professional equivalent of memorizing a bunch of flash cards. This is cheap and works for 90% of cases, but the result is that doctors don’t actually know (and don’t care to find out) about all the latest research relevant to the particular condition of one of their 1500 patients.
- forapurpose 9y ago> There’s an entire set of literature based around getting your doctor to think critically Sounds interesting; could you recommend something?
- gowld 9y agoUnfortunately, they tend to look at their pocketbooks and kickback offers.