Comments on: Are There Too Many Women Doctors? http://blogwonks.com/2008/06/02/are-there-too-many-women-doctors/ Opinion Matters Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: TigerMan http://blogwonks.com/2008/06/02/are-there-too-many-women-doctors/#comment-1044 TigerMan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:08:21 +0000 http://blogwonks.com/?p=78443#comment-1044 Why are WE being told this because the MAJORITY of the population is not made up of those who put their ideology before logic and common sense. We are the poor suuffering TAXPAYERS who I guess NAIVELY(given the track record) expect that those who are in charge of disbursing our our hard earned tax dollars actually have the COMMON GOOD in mind when they form policies and laws. Lets not kid ourselves this is just yet another instance when it has been proved that those with their snouts in the trough have no right to be on the farm let alone privileged diners at the expense of our largess. The so called 'entitlement culture' which is eroding and undermining the very foundation upon which stable and sustainable society is based is a problem we EXPECT to be solved by those who have the position and time to solve them and not to pass their failures onto US the poor taxpayers who have been funding the folly of these parasites albeit unwillingly!!! Why are WE being told this because the MAJORITY of the population is not made up of those who put their ideology before logic and common sense. We are the poor suuffering TAXPAYERS who I guess NAIVELY(given the track record) expect that those who are in charge of disbursing our our hard earned tax dollars actually have the COMMON GOOD in mind when they form policies and laws. Lets not kid ourselves this is just yet another instance when it has been proved that those with their snouts in the trough have no right to be on the farm let alone privileged diners at the expense of our largess. The so called ‘entitlement culture’ which is eroding and undermining the very foundation upon which stable and sustainable society is based is a problem we EXPECT to be solved by those who have the position and time to solve them and not to pass their failures onto US the poor taxpayers who have been funding the folly of these parasites albeit unwillingly!!!

]]> By: OB Nurse http://blogwonks.com/2008/06/02/are-there-too-many-women-doctors/#comment-1045 OB Nurse Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:38:59 +0000 http://blogwonks.com/?p=78443#comment-1045 I work in a large teaching hospital and so many of our OB residents and attendings are women. What's the difference? When women are doing c/sections it takes much longer to get the baby out. They are much smaller and have less body strength than do the male physicians. In an emergeny, I'd like at least one male OB/GYN. I work in a large teaching hospital and so many of our OB residents and attendings are women. What’s the difference? When women are doing c/sections it takes much longer to get the baby out. They are much smaller and have less body strength than do the male physicians. In an emergeny, I’d like at least one male OB/GYN.

]]> By: TheManOnTheStreet http://blogwonks.com/2008/06/02/are-there-too-many-women-doctors/#comment-1043 TheManOnTheStreet Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:11:36 +0000 http://blogwonks.com/?p=78443#comment-1043 Equal pay for equal work....Uhuh.... TMOTS Equal pay for equal work….Uhuh….

TMOTS

]]> By: Eye Doc http://blogwonks.com/2008/06/02/are-there-too-many-women-doctors/#comment-1046 Eye Doc Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:15:31 +0000 http://blogwonks.com/?p=78443#comment-1046 Medical schools don't lose money training physicians. In fact, they actually make money as the interns and residents see patients and bill under the auspices of the medical college while taking home very little in salary. At least that's the way it was amillion years ago when i was in training. Medical students also pay a small fortune in tuition payments. The "educational investment" you speak of is made by those in training. So, if their "output" (and I would hesitate to refer to patients seen as output) is lower than that of other physicians, that is really their business and that of that of the other physicians they practice with, and not the medical education system or society in general. As far as quality of care goes, there's no proof I've ever seen that doctors working longer hours, taking more call etc. provide better medical care. In fact, some of the most incompetent doctors I've ever seen were obsessive about work, and were always in the hospital seeing their patients. People need to used to the new reality. Medicine has become a far less attractive profession and it's getting worse all the time. There will be fewer physicians going forward willing to sacrifice everything to the exclusion of their medical practice and that's not necessarilly a bad thing. If you've never trained to be a physician and practiced medicine I think that's a difficult thing to understand. Medical schools don’t lose money training physicians. In fact, they actually make money as the interns and residents see patients and bill under the auspices of the medical college while taking home very little in salary. At least that’s the way it was amillion years ago when i was in training. Medical students also pay a small fortune in tuition payments.

The “educational investment” you speak of is made by those in training. So, if their “output” (and I would hesitate to refer to patients seen as output) is lower than that of other physicians, that is really their business and that of that of the other physicians they practice with, and not the medical education system or society in general.

As far as quality of care goes, there’s no proof I’ve ever seen that doctors working longer hours, taking more call etc. provide better medical care. In fact, some of the most incompetent doctors I’ve ever seen were obsessive about work, and were always in the hospital seeing their patients.

People need to used to the new reality. Medicine has become a far less attractive profession and it’s getting worse all the time. There will be fewer physicians going forward willing to sacrifice everything to the exclusion of their medical practice and that’s not necessarilly a bad thing. If you’ve never trained to be a physician and practiced medicine I think that’s a difficult thing to understand.

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