Are You smarter than a doctor?

[ianf0ster]

What really matters is ; Are you smarter (or just better informed) than your doctor?

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[everydayupsanddowns]

I have been lucky to meet many Drs and specialists over the time and occasionally worked with them on projects and initiatives, seeing them take part in discussions and conversations.

And the answer for me is pretty obviously, No

 

[Docb]

I've met many Drs also, and I mean proper ones, not those with a courtesy title. Smarter than some of them, not as smart as the others.

 

[Edwin Wine]

Smarter is not the correct criteria IMHO. It would be better to ask the question: are you better informed, experienced and clinically trained than the doctors you are dealing with? I know people who are a lot smarter than doctors I also know, but I know which group I would rather have take my appendix out!

 

[Docb]

Good point @Edwin Wine. My other response was... depends on what you mean by smart.

 

[DaveB]

GPs can be excellent in covering a very wide range of conditions and be very intelligent etc but I'm aware that they can't be an expert in every area so you can be the 'expert' in one particular area as a patient. GPs are not super-human and have little time to follow every course of medicine.

 

[mikeyB]

Speaking as a doctor, I can say that some of the folk I was at university with appeared the opposite of smart. One is now a professor in orthopaedics. If I want our boiler repaired, I want somebody who knows what he’s doing. A Sky engineer is calling shortly, and I hope he has the skills and knowledge to fix a problem I have. Are they smart?

It’s a stupid question, because “smart” means nothing. There’s a difference between “smart” and “knowledgeable”, which is what I want from anyone who is doing a job for me.

 

[Sally71]

My mum is in hospital with a broken hip at the moment. On the first evening the doctor in charge decided that she didn’t need any insulin. With the result that the next morning her sugars and ketones were through the roof and they had to put her on IV insulin rather quickly. Well duh...
Thankfully now dad has managed to get in and see her and take her own insulin pens, the nurses still insist on doing the injections for her (how on Earth do the they think she has managed at home for the last 53 years?!) but they are listening to her and following her usual regime, which is obviously a vast improvement!

We had solar panels installed a few years ago. Worked great until the inverter burnt out and needed replacing. We than had about 4 replacements which kept cutting out. The last one we were forced to keep for a year, and by pure observation I could tell you exactly what weather conditions would cause it to cut out. The company insisted that they couldn’t do any more and that it must be something in our house which was causing it to cut out. Yeah right, now can my kettle or fridge or telly be interfering with the inverter, and if they did, surely the problem would only happen when the faulty device was on? Anyway they eventually agreed to replace the inverter one more time, and we've had no problems since. (And haven’t changed anything else in the house.). The people who came (usually the same bloke) were all very nice and obviously knew how to install the system, but didn’t have a bloody clue what to do when it went wrong!

Unfortunately everywhere there are people who are smart, knowledgeable in their field and well informed. And there are also people who are not. Such a shame that you can’t just trust people to know what they are doing!

 

[Ralph-YK]

It’s a stupid question, because “smart” means nothing. There’s a difference between “smart” and “knowledgeable”, which is what I want from anyone who is doing a job for me.

I want them to be smart and knowledgeable enough to do the job. And be willing to do it right, and have back up to do it.

 

[Bloden]

I’m speechless @Sally71...and horrified. What a d***h**d...I hope your mum n dad gave him/her what for. That’s disgraceful.

I hope your mum’s now home and on the mend.

 

[rebrascora]

I would like to only deal with people who are smart enough to know when they don't know and seek advice from someone who does.

 

[Ditto]

I'll have to listen to it later, Mum's watching The Land Girls ...

 

[Ivostas66]

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I'll have to listen to it later, Mum's watching The Land Girls ...

Not a bad film! Historically authentic and fairly historically accurate too!

 

[Sally71]

I’m speechless @Sally71...and horrified. What a d***h**d...I hope your mum n dad gave him/her what for. That’s disgraceful.

I hope your mum’s now home and on the mend.

Unfortunately she's waiting for an operation and will be in hospital most likely for a couple of weeks. At least they seem to be looking after her properly now!

Unfortunately that fits in with my experience when daughter was in hospital having her appendix out, hospital ward staff may be knowledgeable in their own field, but they seem to know frighteningly little about diabetes

 

[Bloden]

What a nightmare! @Sally71 😱 Luckily, during my recent hospital stay I was allowed to self-manage - the nurses said that it was protocol.

I hope your mum doesn’t have to wait too long for the op.

 

[Amity Island]

On the first evening the doctor in charge decided that -- she didn’t need any insulin.

From that, I think we can all work out the answer to the question "are you smarter than a doctor?"

Absolutely shocking and inexcusable. What an awful thing to happen in a place of professional "care".

 

[Amity Island]

Luckily, during my recent hospital stay I was allowed to self-manage - the nurses said that it was protocol.

Bloden,

That does give me some reassurance about ever needing to go into hospital (and getting back out).

 

[Bloden]

Bloden,

That does give me some reassurance about ever needing to go into hospital (and getting back out).

That’s why I posted it @Amity Island!🙂 I was a bit worried to say the least before the op, but the staff were brilliant.