> Their salaries need to be lower, training needs to be cheaper and faster, and we need a lot more of them.
We need to reduce the requirements to be a doctor. I think general ability is way way way more important than the specialisation. I don't think the speciality that doctors spend money and time on add that much value..
> I think general ability is way way way more important than the specialisation. I don't think the speciality that doctors spend money and time on add that much value..
And why do you think that? I'm a doctor and I disagree completely - the medicine nowadays is so advanced, that it's impossible to keep up with advances without specialising yourself in narrow area.
Please read what I said again - it’s impossible to keep up unless you specialize. It’s really bad tactic to cut something out of context where context is literally in the same sentence.
> If the pace moves so fast that you can't keep up, it is even more reason to hire for general ability.
I can keep up with my specialized field, but I can’t keep up with entire medicine because it’s too broad. It’s clearly a case where specialization is important. I’m not the one that has problems with understanding here.
I say this as a tech person married to a physician. Hacker News is a very bad place to discuss medicine because most of the readers and writers are tech people who just don't have exposure to medicine in depth.
It would be the same as someone from Hacker News going to read a medical forum where people are discussing AI, and the takes would feel similarly juvenile and uninformed, simply due to lack of exposure.
You are right, of course… but unfortunately I don't think it's worth arguing too much here.
estearum · · focus · HN ↗
There's no solution other than training a lot, lot, lot, lot more doctors.
Their salaries need to be lower, training needs to be cheaper and faster, and we need a lot more of them.
simianwords · · focus · HN ↗
We need to reduce the requirements to be a doctor. I think general ability is way way way more important than the specialisation. I don't think the speciality that doctors spend money and time on add that much value..
azan_ · · focus · HN ↗
And why do you think that? I'm a doctor and I disagree completely - the medicine nowadays is so advanced, that it's impossible to keep up with advances without specialising yourself in narrow area.
simianwords · · focus · HN ↗
azan_ · · focus · HN ↗
simianwords · · focus · HN ↗
What made you think that "things are moving really fast" is an argument for hiring specialists? Doctors smh..
Please at least show an attempt to understand what is said.
azan_ · · focus · HN ↗
I can keep up with my specialized field, but I can’t keep up with entire medicine because it’s too broad. It’s clearly a case where specialization is important. I’m not the one that has problems with understanding here.
joeatiris · · focus · HN ↗
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sebmellen · · focus · HN ↗
It would be the same as someone from Hacker News going to read a medical forum where people are discussing AI, and the takes would feel similarly juvenile and uninformed, simply due to lack of exposure.
You are right, of course… but unfortunately I don't think it's worth arguing too much here.
jeuue · · focus · HN ↗
He’s polluting this damn place.
Many of his posts tend to be down voted for a reason.