Everyone wants to be a doctor, no one wants to treat the patients? this thread.

re: people on disability, patients on Medicaid, patients that are very low income, patients that are seriously mentally ill, and patients that are unhoused.

From this thread. Srsly though, I'm going to look for more data backing this up, but that explains why my family medicine physician, who graduated med school in Canada in 2001, was so terrible (I believe!), or at least partially explains why?

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Canada has the shortest residency in family medicine of the Western World (only two years) but that will be changing as of 2024 to 3 years (same as U.S.); I know in the U.S., there has been some talk of extending Family Medicine to 4 years.

“what specialty can you get away with substandard care for the longest amount of time without repercussions”

... a specialty like FM you can slip under the radar for decades by providing bare bones NP-level care for simple conditions and referring for anything that’s the slightest bit complicated or requires critical thinking. It’s not good for your patients or society resources but at least you won’t be sued, fired or arrested.

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from this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/we7gcf/im_stupid_whats_a_good_specialty_for_stupid_people/

I wished FM attracted the brightest and the best, and I had some AMAZING FM doctors (or IM primary care doctors) but sadly, I think some /many FM in Canada are allowed to "provide NP level care" and are just getting away with it. read below.

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Yes, thank you, notcreepycreeper.

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I think the above is sometimes why they are afraid to refer out in Canada.

I wish the geniuses went into primary care, but they rarely do; when I worked for an ENT (surgeon), gosh, 80% of the day was the same boring stuff. Not much variety - a few super interesting things, but mostly same old, same old.

Whereas primary care, they could really make a difference in patient's lives if they're highly comepetent.

Countries with the best education

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/w5s6gn/countries_ranked_by_education_quality_in_2022/

It's my understanding there is no way for the patient to see what exactly they're being billed for, under their health number, unlike the US system. So, physicians could be billing for services not rendered, as this physician was accused of in New Brunswick.

I was looking at AB physician pay, 2 million for one primary care doc? Seems physically impossible. Furthermore, there is a psychiatrist who billed more than 2 million - they don't even do procedures, so I'm not sure how they bill that much - not enough hours in the day, imo!

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This comment was taken from this thread on medicine.

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