Comment on Should you trust that doctor?

• CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Dr. Strange should have more formal training for his surgery specialty. Did JD specialize or did he just stay in internal medicine?

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Internal medicine, and then eventually started teaching medical school classes too. Yes, I did watch the shitty Scrubs final season reboot.

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    • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So Dr. Strange is trained in neurosurgery, which is a 7 year residency compared to 3-4 years for internal medicine. He may have also done a neurosurgery fellowship for 2 years.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        He definitely should be higher than J.D. if we’re going just by special issues. I would rather have him overseeing my brain surgery than J.D.

        But if I was in the hospital for a more common ailment, I’ll take an expert in internal medicine over a neurosurgeon.

        In fact, if I was in the hospital for, for example, getting poisoned by something and no one can figure out what, I’d pick an expert in internal medicine over a neurosurgeon.

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  • Cypher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Dr. Strange, if he’s practicing medicine, might decide not to try and save you because it would hurt his stats.

    JD would try.

    I honestly can’t recall if JD specialised.

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    • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But that’s the Y axis. Training is on the X. As a neurosurgeon, he’s had at least 2 more years of training than JD, possibly a lot more.

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      • Cypher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I don’t know if Dr. Strange would technically be lower because he hasn’t been practicing for a long time? But I see what you mean.

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