"Gilgamesh" Movie

[IgD]

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Has anyone seen this?

"The Epic of Gilgamesh is a 15 minute video produced by the Veterans Administration illustrating the implementation of the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline through the use of animated characters. It is suitable for all audiences - providers, support staff, service members and their families."

http://www.pdhealth.mil/gilgamesh/gilgamesh/index.htm

 

[resxn]

How condescending.

Only goes to prove my underlying belief that I am treated like the lowest common denominator, in this case, an idiot provider who never took a H&P class in medical school.

I wonder what O-6 or GS-15 enforces the mandatory training of this ridiculous CBT.

 

[navdoc47]

LMAO.

Sadly, I watched the whole thing. It's amazing that such a cartoon was made, to suggest that health care providers are complete ******s. That cartoon was appropriate for someone in elementary school.

 

[sethco]

that was hilarious. I especially loved that how they portrayed the health care provider as a bumbling idiot that got all of his information from these websites. Unfortunately, this is the way the line views medical officers.

 

[R-Me-Doc]

How condescending.

Only goes to prove my underlying belief that I am treated like the lowest common denominator, in this case, an idiot provider who never took a H&P class in medical school.

I wonder what O-6 or GS-15 enforces the mandatory training of this ridiculous CBT.

Yeah, it's dopey, but read between the lines and get the take-home messages:

a) 1 in 3 patients is just crazy ("Non-medically explainable symptoms"), and,

b) More care is not always better care.

Maybe if all the primary care providers catch on to this, specialists (i.e., ME) wouldn't keep getting all these bull$hit "rule out organic disease" consults.

X-RMD

 

[Mirror Form]

Yeah, it's dopey, but read between the lines and get the take-home messages:

a) 1 in 3 patients is just crazy ("Non-medically explainable symptoms"), and,

b) More care is not always better care.

Maybe if all the primary care providers catch on to this, specialists (i.e., ME) wouldn't keep getting all these bull$hit "rule out organic disease" consults.

X-RMD

Nah, there's no incentive for a primary care doc to put their a$$ on the line. It only takes one mistake to ruin your career. I get incredibley ******ed consults, but after working in the ER I can see why.

 

[Mirror Form]

that was hilarious. I especially loved that how they portrayed the health care provider as a bumbling idiot that got all of his information from these websites. Unfortunately, this is the way the line views medical officers.

My favorite is when patient's bring in articles from like the new york times or something that describe new treatments. And then say, have you heard of this treatment doc?

 

[resxn]

Yeah, it's dopey, but read between the lines and get the take-home messages:

a) 1 in 3 patients is just crazy ("Non-medically explainable symptoms"), and,

b) More care is not always better care.

Maybe if all the primary care providers catch on to this, specialists (i.e., ME) wouldn't keep getting all these bull$hit "rule out organic disease" consults.

X-RMD

Do you really believe that there is an intelligent message in that drivel between the lines? Total coincidence if you garnered anything from that.

Also, for every patient sent to me from a PCM with some whacky complaint that cannot be explained is another patient that gets sent right back. The nice thing about being a specialist is that I am a consultant. I can simply say, "Nope. Pt's s/sx are not the result of any otolaryngologic pathology." Or like Apu would say, "Tank u. Come agin."

 

[R-Me-Doc]

Do you really believe that there is an intelligent message in that drivel between the lines? Total coincidence if you garnered anything from that.

Also, for every patient sent to me from a PCM with some whacky complaint that cannot be explained is another patient that gets sent right back. The nice thing about being a specialist is that I am a consultant. I can simply say, "Nope. Pt's s/sx are not the result of any otolaryngologic pathology." Or like Apu would say, "Tank u. Come agin."

Yeah, like I said, if you get over the initial insult to your intelligence, there are 2 good points.

Still, just like standing outside in formation at 0500 to listen to the commanders "safety message" directed to the 18 year old E-3's ("Don't drink and drive" "wear a rubber"), it would piss me off if someone told me I "had" to watch it. Yet another reason I got out.

And anyone see the irony of them picking a story out of "Mesopotamian" (i.e., IRAQI) history? What this REALLY made me want to do is go and read the actual Epic of Gilgamesh, but maybe that's just me and my bent for history.

And, hey, where do you work that you can just be a "consultant"? If I could have swung that deal I might never have left. Anyone sent to me by primary care was sent with the intention that their PCM would never even see them again, even if there was no real problem w/in my area. "Oh, your nonmedically explainable symptoms are back? You need to go back and talk to MAJ R-Me-Doc about that again, he's taking care of that now . . . "

X-RMD
Looking out for the DOD sequel . . . "BEOWULF" wherein the hero threatens the evil Dr Grendel with a Congressional complaint if he doesn't get his disability level bumped from 25% to the magical 30% . . .