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To an extent, yes. As a programmer who can't remember the syntax for declaring a two dimensional array and populating it with hard-coded strings, I feel somewha
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
To an extent, yes. As a programmer who can't remember the syntax for declaring a two dimensional array and populating it with hard-coded strings, I feel somewhat hypocritical when I say that Medicine seems to be valid domain for rote memorization.
- nkrisc 5y agoWhen was the last time someone’s life depended on you recalling the syntax for a two dimensional array within the next few seconds? I think it’s OK to hold medical professionals to a higher standard.
- asdff 5y agoHow often do doctors even need to do this? Everything they do probably has a standard operating procedure printed out in a binder that can be dictated by a nurse. The training should be in learning how to take those instructions and turn it into action, not that as well as having to memorize all the instructions that are going to be referenceable anyhow. Maybe if the training were more like the former than the latter, fewer med students and residents would be pulling all nighters on some amphetamine. Personally, going into an ER I'd rather be met with well slept, focused hands that consult the relevant information, rather than a sleep deprived zombie barking out protocol they hypnotized themselves into remembering.
- nkrisc 5y agoFrom what I know, not often. But more often than a developer.