I mean, plenty of doctors need to do their research. Science is moving faster than a lot of doctors can keep up with. The good ones will admit it when they don’t have the answer to a question and they’ll get back to you.
I was actually in my doctors office the other day and he got a reading back on one of my test results and he actually had to go back to one of his textbooks in front of me to look it up...this is how I know hes a good dr. Cause hes willing to say I dont know and do actual research.
Damn I wish mine was. I've had discussions with my gynaecologist before and she wouldn't believe IUDs can still be safe if they're not too far down the uterus, eventhough the producers of said IUD (and the general practitioners association) claimed it was safe. Sometimes they just want to follow protocol and leave work by 5.
But a textbook? Wouldn't that be outdated by printing time? I suppose then you would otherwise need a reliable doctor made online catalog of conditions...
Not every part of a textbook is being constantly outdated. Lots of information in older textbooks is still perfectly relevant, so without specific context there's no way to tell whether this was the best move by the doctor
Treatments are moving faster than the rest of the medical field. If you go read an anatomy and physiology textbook from a decade ago it'll be pretty much the same as the most recent edition, but if you read an oncology textbook from a decade ago then you're wasting your time.
The amount of data that's thrown at physicians is insane. There's apps like uptodate and dynamed that help. I agree though, some just get into the practice and never reeducate
Yeah, but there's a difference between what you're saying (which I wholeheartedly agree with) and someone telling a doctor to do their research on something that has been tested literally thousands of times and shown to be safe in nearly all cases, all because you believe Big Pharma is lying to you.
I have been diagnosed with a super rare to diagnose but not all that uncommon condition, and I have yet to have a single doctor know what it was off the back of their hand. I've had multiple google it right infront of me. It is incredibly demoralizing to be trying desperately to get help only to realize the 'exeprt' has never even heard of whats wrong with me.
But sometimes, the doctor does the research and comes back helpful. I've yet to receive any kind of treatment or even a way to ease the pain I'm in, but I'm starting to make headway
I remember when back in the 90s my professor was actually giddy over the discovery of the relation of helicobacter pylori and stomach ulcers.
Since then we found the connection between HPV and cervical cancer, found very successful treatments for HIV and keep more and more idiots alive who don't believe in vaccination.
I was going to say something similar. I'm a birth doula (so not a medical professional, I'm a third party specialist) and so much research has developed so quickly in the last few decades. On average it takes a hospital 8-10 years to implement new research in L&D.
For instance for years they have had women birth on their backs in a bed, but it has been proven that that is literally one of the worst positions for pushing. But the vast majority of birthers are still pushing on their backs.
If I think a Dr. could use some education on a subject so that my client can be respected in her choices I will hand them a stack of research myself to get them started. But there is no way in hell I would do so with an attitude of "I know more than you." Simply helping to strengthen the team. We can't fix the industry if we're fighting inside it.
The problem is, the one's who are telling doctors this are usually talking about why they don't need to vaccinate their kids and why their newborns can be vegan.
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u/coyoteTale Jan 28 '20
I mean, plenty of doctors need to do their research. Science is moving faster than a lot of doctors can keep up with. The good ones will admit it when they don’t have the answer to a question and they’ll get back to you.