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Medical student here. It sounds like you can do the job of a doctor, but I can't be sure yet. Case vignettes are the medical equivalent of the coding interview.
by unsrsly 7y ago
Medical student here. It sounds like you can do the job of a doctor, but I can't be sure yet. Case vignettes are the medical equivalent of the coding interview. Let's start with an easy question. If someone comes to you with a fever and a cough, what is your approach to their history and physical exam? What labs or imaging do you need, if any? Do they need treatment? How do you decide? If so, which drug and how long and why? How does your approach vary if the patient is 29 or 89? Or if the patient has HIV? What if the patient smoked for 20 years?
- codingslave 7y agoIn all of these cases, I do what I laid out above, I start googling and reading multiple sources about whatever ails me. I may spend a week or so doing research to determine whether my condition is serious or not, I read all of the literature, making sure to understand when possible ailments could be really bad, but also to ground myself and understand the probability distributions of ailments taking a massive turn for the worse. Once I determine that I probably need someone to run some kind of test, or write some kind of medication, I call the doctor. You arent some kind of high priest, I am allowed to question and understand medicine. I am also not afraid of academic publications, and attempts at belittling me for doing so come from a place of insecurity on your part. All of that knowledge in your head is on the internet.
- unsrsly 7y agoLove it. Ok- then do some reading and answer my question!
- codingslave 7y agoknowledge is obsolete
- unsrsly 7y agoI am loving the troll-y nihilism! <i>Knowledge</i> and experience are the basis for prioritizing information, efficiently handling a patient's complaint(s) without doing a week of reading, and accessing reference sources when needed.