Does your school have a "doctoring" course?

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Does your school have a "doctoring" course? Is it the worst thing EVER? My school's is.

 

[ravupadh]

You mean during pre-clinical years? I thought every US MD school did so you can be prepared for MS3/MS4. I mean unless I'm mistaken.

 

[loltopsy]

Yes (pretty sure it's an LCME requirement) and usually. It's fun learning to interview for the first time, but after a while, doing all the various topics is pretty much a waste of time. It's mostly just obvious stuff (don't hit on the teenage girl even if she comes on to you, don't refer to people by racial epithets). Being able to apply the stuff when you volunteer at clinics is fun though.

 

[alpinism]

It became a mostly useless time sink during M2 after we already learned how to do a full pt interview and PE incl. advanced testing.

We did get to do some useful ob/gyn, urology, ophtho, and ENT clinics tho.

 

[honeyyygirl]

yes. i thought it was going to be my favv course but I was mistaken!
interviewing "actors" in front of big groups while being thrown into scenarios where there are always hidden agendas that you need to uncover is a bit excessive.

 

[sazerac]

Is there anything taught in these one- or two-year long doctoring courses that wouldn't be covered in the first four days of your first MS3 rotation?

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Yes (pretty sure it's an LCME requirement) and usually.

I don't think that's true.

 

[AlmostAnMD]

Some of the biggest wastes of my time have been spent in Clinical Decision Making

Not nearly as interesting or relevant as that name implies

not sure why administration can't get it right

 

[ulikedaggers]

Does your school have a "doctoring" course? Is it the worst thing EVER? My school's is.

Our school has "doctoring" every Friday.. which means we basically have a 3 day weekend every single weekend. It's awesome for morale, but terrible for academics.

 

[xffan624]

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I actually like Doctoring so far. We work in small groups, practice exam techniques and different types of patient interviews. I can definitely see the utility of it, but maybe second year will be a different story...

 

[docterjew]

Does your school have a "doctoring" course? Is it the worst thing EVER? My school's is.

You must go to my school. The professor begins every other sentence with "I know this is common sense but..."

 

[ulikedaggers]

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I actually like Doctoring so far. We work in small groups, practice exam techniques and different types of patient interviews. I can definitely see the utility of it, but maybe second year will be a different story...

I enjoy it too, but I think we devote entirely too much time to it (2+ hours weekly) and it takes away from academics because on "doctoring" days we don't have science lectures.