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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Medical releases
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Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 09:34:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 17 09:34:48 1984
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>Personally, I don't trust doctors and their judgement;
>I noticed some time ago that I am smarter than most of them 
>(that's not a brag, it's a putdown).
>Geoff Kuenning

I was part of a group discussion the other day on people in
"fast track" careers -- what do they sacrifice, what is the
price of their high achievement, etc. etc. etc.

An M.D. in the crowd spoke up about the "culturizing"
process of doctors.  She said that there's this "barbaric"
ritual in your residency known as rounds.  It's where four or
five residents follow the attending physician around while
he visits patients.  She said that the residents who spoke
up quickly and forcefully every time were regarded as the
fast-trackers, the brilliant ones, the ones who would succeed,
even though they sometimes spouted off incorrect
or inadvisable information.
The residents who said, "I'd have to think about that problem
before I act," or "I'd want to investigate in a couple of
journals before using that treatment" were considered indecisive,
less competent, "slow," etc.

Sorry if I've slandered any net.MDs (are there any MDs who
read the net?), but this story seems to correlate to my
perception of reality as a medical consumer!

(I know . . . let's move this discussion to net.med!)

Carl Blesch