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luna-rainbow · 2 years ago

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I'm so extremely serious when I say doctors should be put through an extremely extensive reliscensing process every 10 years. Doctors should have their knowledge scrutinized against current medical research and be de-barred at even the tiniest discrepancy. Too many old doctors absolutely refuse to stay up to date on research and dismiss patients because of their personal experiences. Too many people die every year because doctors don't take us seriously and refuse to listen to people who KNOW something is wrong. Too many people are told their problems are nothing and come back in a year or more with serious illnesses and doctors are just like "lol everyone makes mistakes" but doctors mistakes routinely cost people their lives! I'm tired of medical malpractice being swept away under the guise of "mistakes were made."

#not sure why this isn’t nationally maintained standard #but this IS america we’re talking about where each state has different laws #that massively impact on medical practice #but also all the people screaming why is this not a thing #it IS a thing #it’s not hard to Google #just like try minimally researching before jumping on the bandwagon #most countries will have something similar #unless the medical licensing system is really shit #healthcare workers are far more likely to notice incompetence in their colleague than patients #the push for cme came from within the healthcare field #also every 10 years is way too long for re-education #depending on the field things can change very rapidly within 3-5 years #this why most accreditation is annual or biannual

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