You’ve missed the point here. There are a lot of us with chronic illnesses who have been to see a doctor, and the doctor has used Google to look up our illness. These doctors don’t seem to be keeping up to date with their research, and don’t exactly fill us with confidence when they openly demonstrate their lack of knowledge.
The majority of us believe in the science, and a lot of us keep ourselves up to date as much as we can, so seeing doctors who don’t even know the basics is infuriating.
If you’d taken the time to read either of my other replies on this post, you would have seen my example of the GP who asked my wife what to do.
There are a hell of a lot of good doctors out there, who know about our illnesses or even admit that they need to refresh their knowledge, but there are also way too many doctors who openly Google it and don’t even pretend to know. They are the ones we complain about.
Aren’t MDs required to take a set amount of CME hours every year as a prerequisite to holding a license to practice?
(Yes, they are)
But if your googling yields better results, I advise you to stop seeing your GP. it’s all a scam anyway right?
You’ve missed the point here. There are a lot of us with chronic illnesses who have been to see a doctor, and the doctor has used Google to look up our illness. These doctors don’t seem to be keeping up to date with their research, and don’t exactly fill us with confidence when they openly demonstrate their lack of knowledge.
The majority of us believe in the science, and a lot of us keep ourselves up to date as much as we can, so seeing doctors who don’t even know the basics is infuriating.
If you’d taken the time to read either of my other replies on this post, you would have seen my example of the GP who asked my wife what to do.
There are a hell of a lot of good doctors out there, who know about our illnesses or even admit that they need to refresh their knowledge, but there are also way too many doctors who openly Google it and don’t even pretend to know. They are the ones we complain about.