How do you...?

[Rendar5]

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I chose my surgeon based on word of mouth of who was good. I chose my wife's Ob based on Ob/Gyn's I interacted with, and made sure that it would be one of the ones who let me finish my thoughts when speaking with them on consults and had some sort of clinical reasoning behind their recommendations. It actually surprised me where they were from and where they did their training when I looked retrospectively. So no, I don't care where you did your residency or went to med school. I care if I 1. Can have an intelligent conversation with you. and 2. can explain to me why you're recommending a course of action. And for surgeons, 3. do other people like the surgical job you did for them.

 

[yehhhboiii]

Why did their place of training surprise you?

 

[Rendar5]

Why did their place of training surprise you?

Because I happened to like the locally trained ones who went to no-name residencies and med schools better than the ones who went to "fancy shmancy"-name residency with one exception.

 

[113]

DO if I need a massage. MD for everything else. srs

 

[Didierdrogba]

How do you choose your doctor?

What are things you look at specifically when you are choosing your doctor?

Do you look at their degree? MD/DO
Do you look at where they went to med school?
Do you look at their residency program?
Do you look at their gender? M/F
Do you look at their name? (To determine ethnicity or possible communication problems.)
Do you actually look at their online ratings?
Do you even care in regards to your primary care provider?
Or do you just want the doctor who will prescribe you the pills you request?

DO student here. Here I'll give my honest opinion from my experience as a patient before I started med school....

1. I didn't know what a DO was. But in the end, as long as my provider was giving me competent healthcare, I could not care less.
2. Doctors don't usually advertise this, so after already being in their office, it was too late to worry about where they went to med school.
3. Before I entered med school, I didn't even know residency is a big deal. So no.
4. For genitalia exams, I preferred docs of my own gender
5. Yes, if a doctor does not speak my language, even if he/she is the best in the world, the doc is no good for me.
6. I do look at doctors' online ratings, mainly to see how to treat patients
7. Yes, absolutely, I consider a competent PCP as the most important thing to my health. d