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I've interfaced with a fair few MDs in the US behind the scenes, so to speak. The site nearly every MD in the US uses is called UpToDate: https://www.uptodate
by Balgair 3y ago
I've interfaced with a fair few MDs in the US behind the scenes, so to speak.
The site nearly every MD in the US uses is called UpToDate:
https://www.uptodate.com/login https://www.uptodate.com/login
It's not really for laypeople, so you can't poke around in there (check your alumni benefits though, many associations have subscriptions). But, to give you an idea, the site is pretty much a diagnostician. You can just plug in symptoms, patient history and demographics, and it'll give you nearly everything that you need to know. Lots of best practices, research papers, summary papers, testimonials, etc. It's effectively an AI for MDs, and it's good.
What I'm trying to say is that your first instinct is correct: The MDs that you're going to really are in fact idiots that can't even be arsed to use a web form.
- buildbot 3y agoNot sure why people are downvoting this - my partner is an MD and uses uptodate literally every few hours, when she's at home - I'm sure it's higher at the hospital/clinic. Some Doctors are checked out/lazy/make assumptions, just like everyone else.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoDefinitely. Resources like UpToDate are invaluable. Patient safety research proves it. Just double checking something to make sure reduces errors. Better not to do it in front of patients though. Many will assume you're incompetent if they see you doing it. Few will understand that you are a fallible human being who's using every possible resource to make up for it.