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sometimes it feels like medical school doesn’t even prepare students to talk to people
by micromacrofoot 3y ago
sometimes it feels like medical school doesn’t even prepare students to talk to people
- LtWorf 3y agoIn sweden they teach them to underestimate what people complain about, and when in doubt send them home and if they come back try to do something about it.
- amelius 3y agoyes, you might as well talk to an LLM, but that is where we are heading anyway https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2023/05/02/chatgpt-empathy https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2023/05/02/chatgpt-e...
- 082349872349872 3y agoI once chatted with an older doctor while we were both waiting for an oil change, and his theory was that while at least 80% of people who wanted to become doctors stood a chance of having a reasonable bedside manner when they started med school, between med school and the residency they had it all beaten out of them until only 5% retained any semblance of it.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoI got a California "recommendation" once, from a gentleman physician approaching his 80's. When I asked him why he chose this particular "pot doc" persona, he asked me: >"Have you ever heard of `the elephant graveyard`?" His defeated demeanor still haunts me, often (and this was 15+ years ago — he's likely deceased).
- nradov 3y agoMedical schools hire Standardized Patients specifically to prepare students on how to talk to people. https://cisl.stanford.edu/standardized-patient-program/for-standardized-patients.html https://cisl.stanford.edu/standardized-patient-program/for-s... Of course, some students learn these skills better than others. And even doctors who have good communication skills are under so much pressure to see more patients that they may not have time to talk much. If they only have 8 minutes with a patient then they have to get right to the point instead of letting the patient ramble on.