Apparently where we go to school affects our level of care

[oshanimalia]

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Your Doctor's Degree Could Affect Their Prescribing - ATTN:

I don't usually like these sorts of articles or follow ATTN since their agenda is so glaring it's suffocating. However, this is what a lot of people are reading, and so I felt like sharing this to the forum that this could be what our public thinks of our mid-tiered schooled colleagues.

 

[vm26]

Your Doctor's Degree Could Affect Their Prescribing - ATTN:

I don't usually like these sorts of articles or follow ATTN since their agenda is so glaring it's suffocating. However, this is what a lot of people are reading, and so I felt like sharing this to the forum that this could be what our public thinks of our mid-tiered schooled colleagues.

I would think that where one trains would have a much stronger influence. 7 years of post-grad training has made me the physician that I am, not my medical school

 

[oshanimalia]

I would think that where one trains would have a much stronger influence. 7 years of post-grad training has made me the physician that I am, not my medical school

I agree, and thus I am concerned at how powerful these social media sites are telling others half truths.

 

[radsisrad]

Anyone who frequents sites like ATTN (or shares their articles on FB, Twitter, etc.) isn't worth worrying about anyway. We already know the value of their opinions.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

If that's the study that was posted in pre-allo, it's pretty bad. It doesn't account for residency at all, and there are other confounding factors they don't take into account.

 

[3member]

If that's the study that was posted in pre-allo, it's pretty bad. It doesn't account for residency at all, and there are other confounding factors they don't take into account.

" The main takeaway is that there is a strong relationship between the rank of a doctor's first medical school and their prescribing behavior when it comes to opioids."
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lol after i read that i knew this whole article and site was bs

 

[12glaucoma34]

I would think that where one trains would have a much stronger influence. 7 years of post-grad training has made me the physician that I am, not my medical school

I agree. Medical school teaches about medicine. Post graduate training teaches how to actually become a physician.

 

[Crayola227]

I think med school does a lot to set the tone for how you approach/feel about ethics, socioeconomic determinants of health, etc

it's all theoretical of course, but that framework matters

I could certainly see attitudes from med school playing a big role in a lot of the beliefs my fellow residents had, differences in style

I'm big on the idea that there's a lot of art in medicine, and while you learn a lot in training, a lot of that itself is shaped by what you come in from med school with

so tired of people acting like those humanism essays you read in med school count for jack

 

[12glaucoma34]

I think med school does a lot to set the tone for how you approach/feel about ethics, socioeconomic determinants of health, etc

it's all theoretical of course, but that framework matters

I could certainly see attitudes from med school playing a big role in a lot of the beliefs my fellow residents had, differences in style

I'm big on the idea that there's a lot of art in medicine, and while you learn a lot in training, a lot of that itself is shaped by what you come in from med school with

so tired of people acting like those humanism essays you read in med school count for jack

I belief many of the humanistic qualities and values an individual possesses are characteristics you enter medical school with and medical school has little to do with shaping these. If you are dishonest, rude, or lazy entering medical school, chances are you will be the same entering residency and as an attending.

 

[Entadus]

I belief many of the humanistic qualities and values an individual possesses are characteristics you enter medical school with and medical school has little to do with shaping these. If you are dishonest, rude, or lazy entering medical school, chances are you will be the same entering residency and as an attending.

the school may not shape those qualities, but they can select for them 😉

 

[cellsaver]

I would think that where one trains would have a much stronger influence. 7 years of post-grad training has made me the physician that I am, not my medical school

Amen

the medical school doesnt make the physician, but the work the student puts into it

 

[Mad Jack]

Your Doctor's Degree Could Affect Their Prescribing - ATTN:

I don't usually like these sorts of articles or follow ATTN since their agenda is so glaring it's suffocating. However, this is what a lot of people are reading, and so I felt like sharing this to the forum that this could be what our public thinks of our mid-tiered schooled colleagues.

The way this article is pitched is completely incorrect. People from top medical schools tend to work in different specialties and geographic regions than those from lower ranked schools- to blame it all on schools neglects this critical factor. Even within the same specialty, the spread of academic versus community programs is vastly different. This was a study that drew the conclusions its authors were looking for, but didn't examine confounding factors all that well.

 

[Fireman]

The way this article is pitched is completely incorrect. People from top medical schools tend to work in different specialties and geographic regions than those from lower ranked schools- to blame it all on schools neglects this critical factor. Even within the same specialty, the spread of academic versus community programs is vastly different. This was a study that drew the conclusions its authors were looking for, but didn't examine confounding factors all that well.

I had to like this because I checked the members page and you were sitting at exactly 50,000 likes and I didn't like that. So congrats on 50,001 likes 😉

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

It's true. As a filthy osteopath I plan on prescribing Fentanyl to peds patients that say they have a booboo.

/not srs

 

[Soccer171983]

Yes and no. If you train at a large university that prepares you for academic medicine it might flavor your outlook and how you choose to further your training (more academic, more clinical or some combo). Post graduate training is where I feel we really develop as physician. You train in a purely academic environment and you may have a different mind set that someone training in a more clincal less academic mind frame. Oh yeah...I didnt even mention the individual person who might take what they like and disregard what they dont in their particular training whether it be med school or post graduate training.

 

[WingedOx]

I agree. Medical school teaches about medicine. Post graduate training teaches how to actually become a physician.

...exactly what someone at a low tier school would say.

 

[12glaucoma34]

...exactly what someone at a low tier school would say.

Exactly what someone who trains at a low tier residency program would say.

 

[whatisthisstuff]

If I never saw another ATTN video I would be much happier.


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[WingedOx]

To be fair, plenty of other more mainstream sites were reporting on this. I first saw it on STAT.