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I agree with you - listening is very important. I worked in an ophthalmology practice when I was quite young many years ago. The head of the practice often ha
by joelfried 2y ago
I agree with you - listening is very important.
I worked in an ophthalmology practice when I was quite young many years ago. The head of the practice often had over 50 patients a day (one of my responsibilities was pulling the folders for all daily patients from the wall-o'-folders; this was in the age everything was on paper).
50 patients over 8 hours gives you less than 10 minutes per patient. I suspect a nontrivial part of the problem is being rushed.
- azinman2 2y agoRegulation could help solve that. You shouldn’t see so many patients in a day unless you also double your working hours. I’m surprised this was many years ago. Now this pressure exists because medical school is so expensive and people need to pay off their loans. Want to see improvements in care? Make medical school free / cheap.
- joelfried 2y agoIt's also extremely long. Assuming a 3 year residency the average Doctor doesn't even start practicing until 31.[1] So you've not just got a house's worth of debt without a house, you've also lost a decade to training. I'd love improvements in care, but nobody is going to fix this problem. It's too lucrative for everyone else involved. [1] https://averagedoctor.com/the-average-age-of-doctors-graduating-medical-school/ https://averagedoctor.com/the-average-age-of-doctors-graduat...