Comments on: On participating in medical school administration http://www.medrants.com/archives/2899 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gmm http://www.medrants.com/archives/2899/comment-page-1#comment-255553 gmm Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:18:07 +0000 http://medrants.com/index.php/archives/2899#comment-255553 Fascinating. In a box in my basement somewhere, is a couple of sheets of paper for a Workers Insurance doctor position. One of the perks described in it is "no interaction with patients" . I had to print it off, just so I as a human being could glance at it and know that I was not crazy. There really are people who think that patients (people) are a pain in the ass. And these people are making decisions that affect real people's lives. I think it is a sad state of affairs that any doctor who has taken the oath you do would think it a benefit not to interact with people. What a sad and sorry life they must have to carry forward in medicine with this attitude. Fascinating. In a box in my basement somewhere, is a couple of sheets of paper for a Workers Insurance doctor position. One of the perks described in it is “no interaction with patients” . I had to print it off, just so I as a human being could glance at it and know that I was not crazy. There really are people who think that patients (people) are a pain in the ass. And these people are making decisions that affect real people’s lives.

I think it is a sad state of affairs that any doctor who has taken the oath you do would think it a benefit not to interact with people. What a sad and sorry life they must have to carry forward in medicine with this attitude.

]]> By: Turquoise http://www.medrants.com/archives/2899/comment-page-1#comment-242565 Turquoise Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:43:51 +0000 http://medrants.com/index.php/archives/2899#comment-242565 I feel SO lucky to have a great doctor who does family practice. Seeing how much of this field is being "lost," I realize how fortunate I am and I wish everyone could have this experience. I think it is better for patients overall, since maybe it can prevent problems before they get to the terminally ill stage..? I see a disturbing trend in this country where chronic patients are like criminals, hospitals are prisons, and we are overcrowding them because we've given up on helping people before it's too late. I feel SO lucky to have a great doctor who does family practice. Seeing how much of this field is being “lost,” I realize how fortunate I am and I wish everyone could have this experience. I think it is better for patients overall, since maybe it can prevent problems before they get to the terminally ill stage..?
I see a disturbing trend in this country where chronic patients are like criminals, hospitals are prisons, and we are overcrowding them because we’ve given up on helping people before it’s too late.

]]> By: Alan Eshleman http://www.medrants.com/archives/2899/comment-page-1#comment-242546 Alan Eshleman Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:56:12 +0000 http://medrants.com/index.php/archives/2899#comment-242546 For the last eight years (before I retired) I was the chief medical editor for my medical group's Web site for patients. One requirement of the job was that I had to maintain at least a half-time clinical practice. That was a wise move on the part of the folks that hired me. If you don't get back into the exam room with real, live patients, you can forget all too soon what it's all about. For the last eight years (before I retired) I was the chief medical editor for my medical group’s Web site for patients. One requirement of the job was that I had to maintain at least a half-time clinical practice. That was a wise move on the part of the folks that hired me. If you don’t get back into the exam room with real, live patients, you can forget all too soon what it’s all about.

]]> By: Roy M. Poses MD http://www.medrants.com/archives/2899/comment-page-1#comment-242544 Roy M. Poses MD Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:45:48 +0000 http://medrants.com/index.php/archives/2899#comment-242544 Dr Centor's approach to administration is honorable and admirable. But I wonder how many there are like him? Quite a few physicians who go into administration seem to have abandoned patient care. And of course, many, maybe most health care administrators were never physicians, (or any other kind of health professional), and have never done any patient care. How disinegenuous must they be? Dr Centor’s approach to administration is honorable and admirable.
But I wonder how many there are like him?
Quite a few physicians who go into administration seem to have abandoned patient care.
And of course, many, maybe most health care administrators were never physicians, (or any other kind of health professional), and have never done any patient care.
How disinegenuous must they be?

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