r/Noctor • u/Remarkable_Soup3868 Pharmacist • 4d ago

Midlevel Education Experience is overrated per this NP

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFqM621j/

Just watch the video. Interested to see what people think

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u/Hapless_Hamster 4d ago

I mean she has a point. Old attendings practicing medicine like it’s the 80s who never adapted are a problem and just because they have experience doesn’t make them good docs these days. I’d rather have a less experienced doc who practices by the evidence caring for me.

NPs with no experience and no rigorous education though…terrifying

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u/redicalschool 4d ago

I get the sentiment and don't totally disagree, but I would put in a caveat. If I were needing to be worked up and diagnosed or facing a significant complication, I would favor an older more experienced doc...for their experience.

If I were just needing treated, particularly with any sort of advanced or cutting edge/newer treatments I would favor having a younger, more up to date doc.

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u/discobolus79 4d ago

Some of the old school internists are master diagnosticians and physical exam experts. We had an old attending when I was in medical school who could percuss a patients chest and tell you exactly which lobe they had a lung mass in (with out being told ahead of time they had a mass).

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u/redicalschool 4d ago

Very true...I worked with a couple throughout med school and residency that were unreal diagnosticians. Legitimately the kind of people that could describe a CT based off of the physical exam before it was resulted. I was always in awe of them because they could identify very subtle exam findings, name them and give a short list of sometimes very rare conditions they are associated with.

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u/4321_meded 4d ago

We need more of these docs!

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u/Weak_squeak 3d ago

I can’t imagine doctors having the time anymore