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The darker side of being a doctor

282 points · 342 comments · Danhale93

  1. estearum · · focus · HN ↗
    (speaking from US): The reality is we need more doctors. A lot more.

    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.

    1. sebmellen · · focus · HN ↗
      For a lot of specialties, we just don't have enough caseload to train doctors well enough. There is this meme that there's a cap on residency positions, which is the main limiter, but caseload is a significant limiter as well, especially for anything procedural or less knowledge-based.
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