Comment on Why are doctors so hands off and unhelpful in the USA?
Horsey@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Doctors are not individual practitioners and cannot decide to go off on their own doing a procedure that they were not specifically trained to do (doctors are trained in procedures during their residency and in CTE). Unless they are offered a course in a new method, the hospital would not authorize them to perform that new procedure.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Ten years in medical school and still can’t think for themselves!
bss03@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Most people never become auto-didacts. Most auto-didacts still benefit from formal training because above average gross performance can mask subtle mistakes until the mistake becomes root cause for a significant error.
Under significant pressure (like a well-written dramatic fiction, but almost never IRL), most doctors will be willing to perform a procedure without formal training, but under normal conditions, they know it is not worth the additional risk.