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"500yr of progress being held back by 500yr of tradition" is highly applicable to the medical profession. There's a lot of arrogance floating around the medica
by dsfyu404ed 8y ago
"500yr of progress being held back by 500yr of tradition" is highly applicable to the medical profession. There's a lot of arrogance floating around the medical profession as well that tends to put a damper on anything that might reduce human error.
Surgeons don't need checklists because they don't make mistakes, unlike those filthy three dimensional bus and truck drivers. /s
- frontloadpro 8y agoPhysicians are the leading cause of problems in America. Artificially limiting the number of Physicians gives them higher pay at the expense of the Masses.
- throwayEngineer 8y agoThis explains why the American Medical Association is a top lobbyist. Instead of adapting, they legislate. And the fantasy that Physicians are unfailing experts leaves you after a you regularly interact with them.
- justaguyhere 8y agoI have had the same experience in other countries too, not just the U.S Medical profession really comes across as arrogant and know-it-all, at least in my experience
- cynoclast 8y ago>Instead of adapting, they legislate. This is a source of many vast, seemingly intractable problems. Fucking. Lawyers.
- cptskippy 8y ago> "500yr of progress being held back by 500yr of tradition" is highly applicable to the medical profession. Is that true of most professions? The difference being we only really care when lives or large quantities of money are at stake. Probably more the later and less the former unfortunately.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoNobody cares what the skilled trades do. Tradition for the sake of tradition doesn't really get in the way of preventing human error in software, accounting or engineering. Cops and doctors (in that order) seem to be the biggest offenders when it comes to rejecting process improvements to the detriment of society but there's definitely others. It's not a binary value.