News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on An alternative argument for why women leave STEM. Parent comment

Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by slumdev on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:57PM (#22080466)
It would happen in medicine if the public generally knew the truth.

The risk of a medical error rises by about 1% for every year a doctor is out of school.

Either AMA's continuing education requirements are lacking, or something else is at work.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by Cpoll on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:18PM (#22080681)
I've heard that number before, where is it from? Does it control for the idea that more experienced practitioners tend to be called on for more complex operations?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by slumdev on Monday January 20, 2020 @08:52AM (#22098764)
This article suggests that while errors increase with the age of the practitioner, mortality does not. The difference is more likely to result from differences in training. There is also a lot of variation between individuals, with some older doctors far outperforming their younger counterparts.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/should-doctors-age-ma...

[ Parent | on HN ]