Regarding the closing of certain threads i.e. patient cases

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[medstudent87]

I've been here for a while and seen almost every type of question/thread...they're quite predictable actually at certain times of year.

I just want to ask the community and admins regarding the closing of threads related to annonymous patient cases and medical knowledge questions.

I thought that this forum serves as a community for medicals students to debate, ask, question, and communicate. It's a great place for doctors and future doctors to "meet" and communicate on many issues.

Why is that threads about patient cases (e.g. Juliano's recent thread) are always closed? Personally I find it very helpful to hear the opinions of other students and doctors, and to be able to ask questions in a setting where I'm not being judged, marked, etc. This doesn't replace research and studying. but let's be honest, sometimes it's 12:30 in the morning and you just want a simply explanation of some pathological issue, or simply another opinion. I assume it is common sense that at the end of the day this is the Internet, so noone who participates in this community will walk out of here and stick a 6 inch needle up someone's foramen magnum because someone else here suggests it.

But why is it so taboo to discuss medical cases or ask for help with interpretation of lab values for instance?? Every single one of these threads are closed immediately, and the OP is told to "do your own homework". This isn't about homework, it's about peer collaboration, exchange of ideas, and dissemination of knowledge.

Yet, we don't get tired of the endless nagging/bit**ing threads about "med school is too hard", "I don't like my peers", "how do I study anatomy"......


Just a thought.

AGREED. I really wanna know who these people are that actually put the effort into "closing" a thread. If you don't wanna read it, then don't. Guess people **** on them all day long in the hospital so they satisfy their craving to do so as well int he form of a SDN power trip. SAD.

 

[Dirt]

+1

 

[MossPoh]

It gets to be a fine line between patient cases and seeking medical advice for one thing. Aside from that, it is a snowball effect. One person puts something and pretty soon you have 30 threads opened all pertaining to some question that, oftentimes, were opened out of cognitive laziness rather than truly not being able to find an answer.

 

[LRAccord624]

I agree with you, OP, but what MossPoh is probably right too. Maybe people will just have to resort to using the lounge for this purpose since it's not moderated? Of course, the lounge is usually reserved for discussions about porn and boobies so it looks like there may not be room for academic discourse

 

[Julian2103]

Yeah I was so excited because I did some research regarding my topic and rushed back after class to share my findings just to find out my thread was closed. Anyway for those who was interested, apparently cold temperature causes release of cryoglobulin which is recognized as an antigen in some people. Idiopathic anaphylaxis is what this syndrome is called I believe.

As for the moderator, I suggest you should learn some manners. That was my very first post and I was very glad to have found this forum as I thought it would be a place to discuss material with medical students from around the world. Sadly I was wrong. Oh well no loss anyway🙂 There are other communities.

 

[ChimpanzeeMinky]

Yeah I was so excited because I did some research regarding my topic and rushed back after class to share my findings just to find out my thread was closed. Anyway for those who was interested, apparently cold temperature causes release of cryoglobulin which is recognized as an antigen in some people. Idiopathic anaphylaxis is what this syndrome is called I believe.

As for the moderator, I suggest you should learn some manners. That was my very first post and I was very glad to have found this forum as I thought it would be a place to discuss material with medical students from around the world. Sadly I was wrong. Oh well no loss anyway🙂 There are other communities.

Dont' let njbmd dissuade you from coming here with interesting discussion material - she is one of the more miserable individuals here.

However, the inability to discuss certain things that would certainly be advantageous to many in the community is perplexing. I see little value in moderators, in general - if you look at unmoderated sites, you find that there is a natural order that results. Those posts that are of little value garner few responses, and drop quickly to later pages in the forum - the natural result of sorting by most recent post.

Maybe it is the job of the mods to protect storage space in the SDN datacenter. heh.

 

[ACSurgeon]

Yeah I was so excited because I did some research regarding my topic and rushed back after class to share my findings just to find out my thread was closed. Anyway for those who was interested, apparently cold temperature causes release of cryoglobulin which is recognized as an antigen in some people. Idiopathic anaphylaxis is what this syndrome is called I believe.

As for the moderator, I suggest you should learn some manners. That was my very first post and I was very glad to have found this forum as I thought it would be a place to discuss material with medical students from around the world. Sadly I was wrong. Oh well no loss anyway🙂 There are other communities.

FYI, that moderator is an attending, so maybe you need to practice these manners that you speak of? 😉

Still, it seems random when a thread is considered HW help vs. explaining a concept to a struggling student. For one thing, I didn't think med school gives out much HW. It's just a lot of binge and purge. So for those who find SDN helpful (vs. wiki or some other reputable source), I don't see the harm.

 

[ChimpanzeeMinky]

FYI, that moderator is an attending, so maybe you need to practice these manners that you speak of? 😉

Still, it seems random when a thread is considered HW help vs. explaining a concept to a struggling student. For one thing, I didn't think med school gives out much HW. It's just a lot of binge and purge. So for those who find SDN helpful (vs. wiki or some other reputable source), I don't see the harm.

All hail the sacred attending!

Julian was not rude whatsoever to njbmd, and just because she's an attending does not mean she is not a manner-less fool.

 

[Julian2103]

FYI, that moderator is an attending, so maybe you need to practice these manners that you speak of? 😉

Still, it seems random when a thread is considered HW help vs. explaining a concept to a struggling student. For one thing, I didn't think med school gives out much HW. It's just a lot of binge and purge. So for those who find SDN helpful (vs. wiki or some other reputable source), I don't see the harm.

Well I would like to think that my post was well mannered, and attending or not, manners are a basic human courtesy. Thanks Chimpanzeeminky for undestanding. I would like to clarify that the case given was not homework. It was already prediscussed in class and I was just looking to share it. I have many more interesting cases due to a rather eccentric pathophysiology lecturer. Where would be the appropriate place to share them and learn other viewpoints then?

 

[ArcGurren]

I agree, I see no reason why cases can't be allowed to be put up and discussed. Here I was, thinking the general trend is towards doctors working collaboratively, not antagonistically... and don't mind njbmd, she's ruffled many feathers.

 

[Perrotfish]

I agree, I see no reason why cases can't be allowed to be put up and discussed. Here I was, thinking the general trend is towards doctors working collaboratively, not antagonistically... and don't mind njbmd, she's ruffled many feathers.

Again, though, how do you distinguish between someone discussing a case and someone seeking medical advice by phrasing it as the discussion of a case?

 

[ChimpanzeeMinky]

Again, though, how do you distinguish between someone discussing a case and someone seeking medical advice by phrasing it as the discussion of a case?

You don't, and frankly, so what. If someone is able to fool people into providing input on his own medical condition, what's the harm done? There are already disclaimers concerning seeking medical advice, thus liability is not an issue.

So, aside from conflicting with the TOS, what's the problem? The TOS could be irrationally conceived, certainly.

 

[Mace1370]

I personally don't see the harm. This isn't like grade school where getting someone to do your homework is such a terrible thing. In med school you are ultimately held accountable for information on a test, so even if the worst case scenario happens (someone uses the forum to get info for a small group presentation or seeks medical advice) it doesn't really matter.

 

[Antibodies]

You don't, and frankly, so what. If someone is able to fool people into providing input on his own medical condition, what's the harm done? There are already disclaimers concerning seeking medical advice, thus liability is not an issue.

So, aside from conflicting with the TOS, what's the problem? The TOS could be irrationally conceived, certainly.

I would imagine that it is still a liability issue.

 

[Julian2103]

So in short, Am I allowed to discuss cases I find interesting here?

 

[Dr Oops]

I would enjoy reading about cases, instead of reading about some esoteric disease with no background.