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Biggest problems facing medicine today??
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the interview prep...it's right under your nose.
Biggest health concern: I ain't tagging any booty
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Biggest health concern: I ain't tagging any booty
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Medical issues: large number of uninsured/ED becoming a place that poor people use for their primary care/expensive Rx medication/skyrocketing malpractice insurance for some specialties.
In sum: $$
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I know of three major problems: high malpractice fees, managed care, and uninsured people. Are these seen as "generic" answers to the question, kind of like saying "I want to help people" when asked why you want to be a doctor? Are there others to be aware of, or are the above problems good enough answers?
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the biggest challenge facing medicine is clear....in four years, I will be a doctor. god bless us all 😛
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The Internet, which distracts future doctors from their studies because they are too busy browsing premedical sites as opposed to concentrating on their premedical studies.
Sorta like what sdn forums do to me.
Sorta like what sdn forums do to me.
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probably health care management
or maybe the malpractice suits
just choose one that you are knowledgable on, resaerch it on the internet or something, good luck
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....hmm, whats that stupid enzyme replacement I could give to save this guy's life...dammit, I remember this......****, if only I hadnt been posting in "the lounge" that day in med school..........
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I think you want to use an HSV vector to transfect the TUBGIRL gene to cure your patient. Or is that tubulin? Nah, tubgirl sounds more familiar. Ill go with that.
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Just to add a different side to the discussion, I feel that a problem that we will and are facing is:
The increase of % of people affected and killed by chronic diseases such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, etc.
It used to be people mostly died of infectious disease such as TB, but due to advancement in technology, the death rate of these diseases greatly decreased. However, we still weren't able to cure chronic diseases b/c they're usually related to genetic makeup, lifestyle, and environment.
Also, because these diseases require a long period of treatment, the cost of care for patient also increases dramatically.
Some of the proposed solutions have been: Use efficient screening test to enable early detection and treatment. Public health education on healthier lifestyle and living environment.
The increase of % of people affected and killed by chronic diseases such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, etc.
It used to be people mostly died of infectious disease such as TB, but due to advancement in technology, the death rate of these diseases greatly decreased. However, we still weren't able to cure chronic diseases b/c they're usually related to genetic makeup, lifestyle, and environment.
Also, because these diseases require a long period of treatment, the cost of care for patient also increases dramatically.
Some of the proposed solutions have been: Use efficient screening test to enable early detection and treatment. Public health education on healthier lifestyle and living environment.
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Along similar lines-- the 'obesity epidemic.' I could go into all of the diseases associated with obesity, and how this will have a major impact on medicine in the future, but I think I will go to sleep instead.
Apart from all those mentioned above (which I totally agree with, btw...)
I and quite a few people I know have had repeated problems with physicians who only spend 2-3 minutes with you, misdiagnose you, and then you wind up having the illness dragged out longer and becoming more severe than it needed to be. Some of them just need to learn to listen and be "better" physicians, but even a lot of the "good" physicians are under a lot of pressure from administrators to "move 'em through" b/c of the lowered reimbursements...
I and quite a few people I know have had repeated problems with physicians who only spend 2-3 minutes with you, misdiagnose you, and then you wind up having the illness dragged out longer and becoming more severe than it needed to be. Some of them just need to learn to listen and be "better" physicians, but even a lot of the "good" physicians are under a lot of pressure from administrators to "move 'em through" b/c of the lowered reimbursements...
1) 41 million+ uninsured
2) Understaffing of clinical workers in hospitals
3) High Rx costs
4) restrictive nature of managed care and health care insurance companies
5) Current high costs of health insurance
hope these help u for ur interivew!
2) Understaffing of clinical workers in hospitals
3) High Rx costs
4) restrictive nature of managed care and health care insurance companies
5) Current high costs of health insurance
hope these help u for ur interivew!
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here's one most pre-meds never think about... the nursing shortage.
these women (mostly, maybe some men will finally realize it's a good job) are the direct patient care providers, and we're running out of them in this country. the average nurse is almost 50 now, and the average nursing faculty is over 50. so your average nurse is going to be retiring at the same time all her fellow baby-boomers are going to start needing even more nursing care.
this is something i've studied, and i could write plenty, so if anyone wants to discuss this further feel free to PM me. let me wrap up by saying something often cited by nurses leaving the profession is the poor treatment they received from doctors. so when we're all doctors hopefully we can treat nurses with the respect they deserve.
these women (mostly, maybe some men will finally realize it's a good job) are the direct patient care providers, and we're running out of them in this country. the average nurse is almost 50 now, and the average nursing faculty is over 50. so your average nurse is going to be retiring at the same time all her fellow baby-boomers are going to start needing even more nursing care.
this is something i've studied, and i could write plenty, so if anyone wants to discuss this further feel free to PM me. let me wrap up by saying something often cited by nurses leaving the profession is the poor treatment they received from doctors. so when we're all doctors hopefully we can treat nurses with the respect they deserve.
