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> And for Christ's sake, stop training doctors to ask "what are your symptoms" (when they are already reasonably aware of what the type of issue is), and use mo

> And for Christ's sake, stop training doctors to ask "what are your symptoms" (when they are already reasonably aware of what the type of issue is), and use more yes/no questioning about specific symptoms. If doctors can't be trained fast enough to be able to do even that, I'd think about fixing that, too. I think you really don't understand enough about why these things get asked. Yes Gp work often seems like glorified flowcharts at first glance (especially if you only look at some of their study material), but once you dig into it (I helped my partner study for an exams and get to hear her stories every day), you realise the huge amount of background information that can flow into a diagnosis. Asking the patient about their symptoms is an important part of gathering the history and can not be done just with yes or no questions.

celdon25 4y ago
> Asking the patient about their symptoms is an important part of gathering the history and can not be done just with yes or no questions. I agree, but that wasn’t what I was arguing against. Absence of any yes/no question is what I was referring to. And I’m not sure your argument is a good one. Things you do in the classroom or other training are intended to overprepare you, and are not supposed to mirror real life. While I did rebuild and scale (as a technical owner) an exam platform later used by millions, I am only mentioning that ironically. Appeals to authority tend to be pretentious, and serve to prop up an even more dangerous myth that professionals always know what they are talking about.