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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was the #1 rule I’ve told my kids when they went off to college, don’t just trust what the doctor says.

Listen and discern if it makes sense, do your own research, get a 2nd opinion.

They’ve both learned that doctors are just mediocre humans doing the best they can which is mediocre.

Also, don’t just go to anyone, get recommendations, look at their track record, interview them, don’t worry about their feelings.[/quote]

Doctors are not mediocre humans. They are highly educated, often overworked and underpaid, doing the best they can. Joe the plumber and all the other high school dropouts supporting Trump and the likes are mediocre humans. 50% of this country is mediocre at best, but doctors are not in that half.
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Classist, and some magical thinking. Doctors, being people, have a range of human traits, including mediocrity. You're not magical. If half the country is mediocre, so are half the doctors (which tracks, IME)[/quote]

That would be true if doctors were selected at random from the whole population. Are you not aware that there is an admissions process to even into med school?[/quote]

Med school acceptance means you test well, and you can pay for a college education (and you probably do stimulant drugs). I know a lot of people who bought a college education and should ask for a refund because they clearly didn't learn much. It doesn't make you magically smarter than a plumber; that whole line of thinking is classist. [/quote]

Ok look, I'm a lawyer and I completely bullshit my way through law school. Never went to a single class. Showed up for exams and scribbled away for three hours. I'm reasonably bright and write well. It was more than enough. But I'd say about a quarter of my graduating class was legit stupid. 
Medicine doesn't work the same way. Not as many students are accepted, and you can't JUST test well. And in order to graduate, you actually need to know things. 
You're right that a college education means nothing. It's so easy to get in and so easy to graduate that it's no more impressive than a second high school diploma. Masters degrees are so watered down that they'll be the same way in a few more years. 
But every idiot who graduates with a Bachelors degree is not getting the grades to get into med school or passing the MCAT. 
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[b]Testing well doesn't mean you listen well, relate well, or connect dots well, and it definitely doesn't mean you're caring or compassionate, all of which are essential to the practice of the art of medicine. Thinking "I passed my tests and have a degree now so I know everything and you don't" makes you a crappy doctor (and a jerk of a human). 
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You likely bullshitted your way past an LSAT, and should understand this concept, but bullshitting may be an advantage in your industry.  :lol: [/quote]

They really should have OSCEs, shouldn't they?[/quote]

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