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Re: A favor from our readersFrom: D. Ashley Hill, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:06:31 -0600 (CST)
At Sun, 13 Feb 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
I know these young doctors have to learn, but I do
>not think it is ethical or even moral to let them "practice" on A good idea in theory, but unless one could find "professional patients" with the entire range of abnormal findings (and there are hundreds), there is no way students and residents would ever see enough such "patients" to learn from. And, it would significantly increase medical costs to pay such patients. Further, unless there were an endless supply of such professional proctors, residents would never learn about surgical anatomy and technique. I have no moral or ethical qualms about resident participation in medical education. In many other professions there are students involved. As long as the patient understands the role of the resident, and the attending physician is very closely involved, I would submit that patients allowing resident intervention actually receive better care than in "private" practices. Think of it this way: the resident is diligently trying to find something wrong, and the attending physician has been deemed skilled enough to be an academic physician. Best wishes, and thanks for the response.
-- David Ashley Hill, MD Associate Director Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency http://home.mpinet.net/dahmd
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