tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4474874657484775367..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Brain Drain: DoctorsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83234214326536278022018-04-06T02:28:05.770-04:002018-04-06T02:28:05.770-04:00I taught premeds: on the whole they weren't th...I taught premeds: on the whole they weren't the best students. Nor are they today. <br /><br />Physics and math majors are<br /><br />gcochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752921901568851463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-17190444180116720502018-04-05T11:02:03.909-04:002018-04-05T11:02:03.909-04:00One consequence of the best students going into m...One consequence of the best students going into medicine was that a lot of those best students ended up in medical research. We know a lot more medicine than we did 100 years ago, as a result of that research. Result: physicians who can actually help their patients.RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63248771468293543732018-04-04T23:20:08.860-04:002018-04-04T23:20:08.860-04:00Is there an equivalent to quackery in the legal fi...Is there an equivalent to quackery in the legal field? Ambulance chasers? Class action lawyers? Prosecutors that resort to the tactics of ambulance chasers and class action lawyers? <br /><br />It's difficult to compare the two fields. Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-78794254123633271472018-04-04T12:43:08.398-04:002018-04-04T12:43:08.398-04:00I recall reading, years ago, that Azimov did not b...I recall reading, years ago, that Azimov did not become a medical doctor because of the blood involved. <br />I've had heart surgery. When I recovered from the anesthesia, I hurt, but less than I'd expected. Was released 5 days later. Was pain-free the following day.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-33216999997351708182018-04-03T20:18:41.394-04:002018-04-03T20:18:41.394-04:00I suppose when you feel that you have to trust som...I suppose when you feel that you have to trust someone, you're more likely to want to believe they're the best. I've noticed that lots of people are dubious about the schools, but tend to think highly of <i>their</i> kid's teacher.<br /><br />And there's sampling bias too--the ones that weren't cured don't testify as often.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-41083195532424823192018-04-03T20:09:45.367-04:002018-04-03T20:09:45.367-04:00"Marcus the doctor called yesterday on the ma..."Marcus the doctor called yesterday on the marble Zeus; though marble, and though Zeus, his funeral is to-day."jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85422165897174718002018-04-03T20:08:32.830-04:002018-04-03T20:08:32.830-04:00They can actually do some good these days, though,...They can actually do some good these days, though, and that's something. In 1918, what could a doctor do for you? Set a bone. Tell you that your heart was good enough to join the army. Diagnose what you were probably dying of. There were a few things that worked sometimes for constipation or diarrhea, for dry skin or oozing skin. Send the daughter away to her grandmother's farm for the summer at 13 with "greensickness," for the good of everyone. Not much.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-24489045003239747792018-04-03T19:39:34.251-04:002018-04-03T19:39:34.251-04:00Medicine has not progressed evenly. That's par...Medicine has not progressed evenly. That's partially due to specialization, accompanied by quackery and pseudoscience.<br /><br />Pediatrics is hampered by anti-vaccine and other crap. Family medicine and internal medicine is hampered by chiropractic, homeopathic, & naturopathic crapola. Surgery and anesthesia fare better, I think... though anesthesia is hampered by the "pain" and "opioid" BS. Neurology and psychiatric medicine are screwed IMHO because pseudoscience is rampant in those fields. And it's rampant because the actual science is somewhat unsettled. <br /><br />Medicine is rough and tough. I'm sure lawyers will say the same, but the magnitude feels different to me. "Pure" computer scientists have it easy -- zeros and ones -- but data analysts? They are future bogeymen. Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.com