Comments on: Doctors as Patients – Maybe This Should be Part of Med School? http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/26/doctors-as-patients-maybe-this-should-be-part-of-med-school/ A blog about patient empowerment, advocacy, safety, consumerism and tools to navigate the dysfunction of American health care. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trisha Torrey http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/26/doctors-as-patients-maybe-this-should-be-part-of-med-school/comment-page-1/#comment-21434 Trisha Torrey Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:48:06 +0000 http://trishatorrey.com/?p=584#comment-21434 Good question, K -- but I don't believe the doctors are any happier about insurance companies than we are. The problem is, they gave up on fighting the insurance companies for their "due" a long time ago. As far as providing them with patient experiences, don't forget -- you can never subtract their knowledge. They need to have the full experience before they learn how to overcome it -- otherwise it's not really so effective. Just like you could never subtract your ability to read, they can't subtract their knowledge of medicine. Thanks for posting. Trisha Good question, K — but I don’t believe the doctors are any happier about insurance companies than we are. The problem is, they gave up on fighting the insurance companies for their “due” a long time ago.

As far as providing them with patient experiences, don’t forget — you can never subtract their knowledge. They need to have the full experience before they learn how to overcome it — otherwise it’s not really so effective.

Just like you could never subtract your ability to read, they can’t subtract their knowledge of medicine.

Thanks for posting.

Trisha

]]> By: K http://trishatorrey.com/2008/09/26/doctors-as-patients-maybe-this-should-be-part-of-med-school/comment-page-1/#comment-21424 K Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:08:21 +0000 http://trishatorrey.com/?p=584#comment-21424 Just as the police departments show new recruits how the tazors work, I think all physicians should have to go through an annual review of their facility(ies) to see what their patients will be experiencing. I also would love every doctor to be forced to watch a few editions of "House", just to see what a phenomenal (albeit fictitious) doctor will do to diagnose their patients. Are we, the patient, not the "customer" to have the say whether or not our treatment was satisfactory? I would like to know when we were sidestepped for the insurance company(ies). Just as the police departments show new recruits how the tazors work, I think all physicians should have to go through an annual review of their facility(ies) to see what their patients will be experiencing.

I also would love every doctor to be forced to watch a few editions of “House”, just to see what a phenomenal (albeit fictitious) doctor will do to diagnose their patients.

Are we, the patient, not the “customer” to have the say whether or not our treatment was satisfactory? I would like to know when we were sidestepped for the insurance company(ies).

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