Well, duh.
Another astounding research breakthrough.
duh
I will give you a very important component.
I have a very rare disease. My Doctor had never heard of it. But once I was able to figure out the issue with help of internet he has been willing to order tests that many of the people who have this can’t get...especially those that have it overseas..and ESPECIALLY those that have it in countries who pay for health care. One exception appears to be Saudi Arabia. You can get a lot of tests but they have a problem with getting Saudi to pay for out of country care for treatment
So willingness to listen and adaptability is key.
The boards are an entirely different beast. While medical schools might go all DEI and now have a participation trophy, although starting to trickle in on some boards, the board certification is still a comprehensive assessment of that specialty’s knowledge. There are a few boards which after you pass the written, that is the ticket to an oral examination as it is with my board. The oral’s are even more difficult than the written. It requires you to communicate with purpose under pressure with at least 3 examiners reading not only your knowledge but your body language.
One thing is for sure, once you have board certification, each board states that this confers the title on the diplomate as expert in the field.
There’s also the issue that the best residents may get assigned the more seriously ill patients.
Only accept healthy patients with relatively minor ailments, and you’re in like flint.
That’s why we avoid going to “certain” PCPs.
Meds schools are shot. They need reinvented.
I saw a young, White male doctor at an urgent care clinic yesterday. Seemed like a good doctor. Very personable. I told him what I wanted and he prescribed it for me. What was really surprising, getting off topic, was that my cost for 10 500 mg. amoxicillin and a 6 day pack of prednisone was $2.62. The doctor told me they had a pharmacy on site and he thought the cost would be “about 515”, but they didn’t take insurance. I thought he meant $515. Now I think he meant $5.15. I left him with the impression that I couldn’t afford $5.15.
So I advise anyone trying to link death rate of patients to a doctors ability to heal his patient when you check out Doctors at cancer clinics. Their success rate is terrible.
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