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> Would you go to a doctor that learned medicine form YouTube? Depends on my ailment. Most of the time people go to the doctor they are told to get some rest a
by bko 8y ago
> Would you go to a doctor that learned medicine form YouTube?
Depends on my ailment. Most of the time people go to the doctor they are told to get some rest and maybe prescribed something. I don't think that needs 8 years of medical school. And doctor's don't even necessarily do a good job at prescriptions either, since they tend to over-prescribe in the US
- chongli 8y agothey are told to get some rest and maybe prescribed something. I don't think that needs 8 years of medical school. What takes 8 years of medical school is knowing when not to tell the patient that. When telling the patient to go home and rest could result in severe illness or death.
- jjoonathan 8y agoExcept that it doesn't, because other countries see similar performance metrics with less overall training. Nobody in charge is doing the "extra training increases costs by X which decreases availability by X which causes X damage vs lack of training causes X' damage" calculation -- everybody just argues for more training every time there's a problem, with the inevitable result of our stupendously expensive outlier of a medical system with middling measured performance and poor, ever-worsening accessibility.