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Sure, it's very easy! Just do things that prevent burnout (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88

Sure, it's very easy! Just do things that prevent burnout (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834764/) and the job gets more attractive, drawing more students and producing less attrition: - Valuing work gives meaning (money, appreciation) - Autonomy gives feeling of control - Managing burden prevents overwork, exhaustion and fatigue

dirtyhippiefree 2y ago
> Sure, it's very easy! I have issues when someone says a complicated issue can be solved easily…realistic expectations…
- user_7832 2y ago
  The answers to some problems may be easy to know but difficult to implement, due to political/financial will etc. For eg we know how to reduce emissions, but it's still a challenge. In such cases advocacy and raising awareness can be helpful.
- inglor_cz 2y ago
  "Easy to describe" is very different from "easy to do". It reminds me of the famous "just eat less and exercise more", the alleged simple solution to the global obesity epidemic.
nradov 2y ago
Sounds good, but healthcare already constitutes 17% of US GDP. And with an aging population, spending has been growing faster than the rate of inflation. Most of the funding ultimately comes from governments, self-insured employers, and individual patients. Those groups have no appetite for spending more. The bottleneck right now in producing more US physicians is lack of Medicare funding for residency slots (graduate medical education). Every year some students graduate from accredited medical schools with an MD but are unable to practice because they don't get matched to a residency program. Congress hasn't significantly increased funding in years. https://savegme.org/ https://savegme.org/
- novok 2y ago
  The entire medicare residency slot system seems a bit self inflicted, why hasn't an alternative system popped up? Also this is a global problem, not just the USA. You look at videos of student doctors in the UK for example and there are similar abusive schedules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1XwEMGm0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1XwEMGm0I
  - kwhitefoot 2y ago
    Read Adam Kay's "This is going to hurt" [1]. It was made into a miniseries. I read the book and it was so horrifying that I couldn't face watching the dramatisation. It doesn't seem to be such a big problem here in Norway where things like working time directives are taken much more seriously. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Going_to_Hurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Going_to_Hurt

dirtyhippiefree 2y ago

> Sure, it's very easy! I have issues when someone says a complicated issue can be solved easily…realistic expectations…

user_7832 2y ago
The answers to some problems may be easy to know but difficult to implement, due to political/financial will etc. For eg we know how to reduce emissions, but it's still a challenge. In such cases advocacy and raising awareness can be helpful.
inglor_cz 2y ago
"Easy to describe" is very different from "easy to do". It reminds me of the famous "just eat less and exercise more", the alleged simple solution to the global obesity epidemic.

nradov 2y ago

Sounds good, but healthcare already constitutes 17% of US GDP. And with an aging population, spending has been growing faster than the rate of inflation. Most of the funding ultimately comes from governments, self-insured employers, and individual patients. Those groups have no appetite for spending more. The bottleneck right now in producing more US physicians is lack of Medicare funding for residency slots (graduate medical education). Every year some students graduate from accredited medical schools with an MD but are unable to practice because they don't get matched to a residency program. Congress hasn't significantly increased funding in years. https://savegme.org/ https://savegme.org/

novok 2y ago
The entire medicare residency slot system seems a bit self inflicted, why hasn't an alternative system popped up? Also this is a global problem, not just the USA. You look at videos of student doctors in the UK for example and there are similar abusive schedules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1XwEMGm0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1XwEMGm0I
- kwhitefoot 2y ago
  Read Adam Kay's "This is going to hurt" [1]. It was made into a miniseries. I read the book and it was so horrifying that I couldn't face watching the dramatisation. It doesn't seem to be such a big problem here in Norway where things like working time directives are taken much more seriously. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Going_to_Hurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Going_to_Hurt