Re:I’m an doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT t...
by jakeinspace on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:01AM
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Most doctors aren’t surgeons.
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Re:I’m an doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT t...
by devilbunny on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:45AM
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No, but most doctors do at least some procedures, often a lot more of them than you might initially think. I'm an anesthesiologist; I have to think, of course, but a lot of my job is doing (just like a surgeon's). Cardiologists do cardiac catheterizations, GI doctors do endoscopy, pulmonologists do ICU procedures, radiologists do interventions, OB/GYNs do surgery and deliver babies. Even pediatricians fix simple problems like nursemaid's elbow. About the only ones who never, ever have to touch patients are pathologists, psychiatrists, nephrologists, and endocrinologists. You could make a career in neurology, outpatient general medicine, heme-onc, pure diagnostic radiology, and a few other fields with minimal physical interventions if you wanted to, but most doctors do at least some.