Should doctors who took time out of their lives to become doctors see how many patients they can do surgery?
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All of us who went to college and then on to professional schools etc. usually acquire debt to finance our education.  Any physician will usually earn back all of what s/he invested in their medical education during the first six months of practice.  It is unlikely that they can use the excuse to do more surgeries on patients to pay off medical school debt.
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sure they can and if they stop you sue for descrimantion. I belive you can be totaly blind and get into med school. You may be a teacher in the area as well as perform some resurch too. There are some professions like CSI work you be great at too.
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Sounds like a lot.  If it is life or death, what choice do you have.  Otherwise, it might be time to ask for a second opinion.
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I would suggest that you think about whether you are interested in the practice of medicine (that is, actually applying what you have learned to the direct care of patients), or the science of medicine (understanding how the body works and what specifically happens when things go wrong and you get sick).\n\nIf you're interested in practicing medicine, you should know that the field is basically divided into two areas: surgery and medicine.  Surgeons do alot of work with their hands, often times cutting into the body to access internal organs.  Non-surgeons, on the other hand, monitor the health of people (pediatricians monitor the health of kids under 18, for example) and are trained to recognize specific diseases, manage them appropriately (with medications and/or lifestyle changes), or refer the patient to a specialist (such as a surgeon).\n\nIt sounds more complicated than it is, and the truth is that there is no way for you to know what type of doctor you want to be until you get to medical school and try out the different areas.  You don't choose what type of doctor you will be until the last year of medical school.\n\nIf you are interested in the science of medicine more than the practice, you might consider a PhD program or better yet, a combined MD/PhD program, where you'll truly bridge the gap between understanding the basic mechanisms of disease and health and applying that understanding to the actual treatment of patients.
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I would be interested in seeing that myself. I also wonder\nwhat is their criteria for a doctor to be considered as the best doctor? What is the decision based on? And really, a best doctor for one person, might not be the best for another person......
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go back and see the surgeon that done the eye operation
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Hi there,\n\n   This is very interesting question. When you grow up and have all doctors all around you, your family and friends of your family, you get in to the "zone". And all you think about is becoming doctor just like your Father or Mother or Both. Some time peoples just like to help other people, and they choose to be a doctor eventhough there is nobody to support you or help you in being a doctor. I have 14 doctors in my family and just family, I'm not even counting my Dad's friends...That's be different ballpark number. But I wasn't interested in Medicine but Computers. \n\n  But I bet 40% of doctors comes from doctor family, they have somebody they can look up to. So when they grow up all they can think about is being a doctor. \n\n  But I have to say being an Engineer takes lots of Analytical Power out of your mind, rather than being a doctor. So if you think you have mind like a fox, you don't belong in Medicine, but you are perfect for Engineering. \n\n  And also if you know some doctors, you'll notice they are very simple people. They know every thing but they never question "WHY". \n\n Well I hope this answers your question....\n\ntoshreekar@yahoo.com
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Okay, if you need a life-saving operation, who do you want to perform the operation -- an average kid who just barely made it through med school or someone who is extremely bright?\n\nOne more thing:  if everyone is educated, what happens to the jobs that require no education?  Who will perform them?\n\nHuman beings are unique.  We were never meant to be little robots, all in a row, all one like another.
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Yes. Doctors don't get paid enough to deal with that kind of request - try another profession!
1134527
Eek. Doctors have to work all the time. They even have to work on christmas. They work in hospitals or in small little offices. They should never develope a relationship with their patients. There are many kinds of doctors. ER Doctors work specificially in the Emergency Room, doctors who give birth, doctors who give shots, etc. They must wash their hand for 2 minutes after helping someone. They must be very clean. They can't turn a patient down. If your teacher wants you to be specific then you should say which kind of doctor you prefer to be. A doctor who gets involved in lots of blood or a doctor who puts bandaides on a little boy who fell of his skateboard.
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They could call in a crash team, move the doctor out of the way and keep working on the patient.  \n\nThat's my opinion.
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If your mind is not set on doing medicine than please dont do it(here instead of heart  I have used mind because to study you need mind & not the heart).The motive of this profession is to save people's life and if you r not completely in it than you cannot do justice to your practice(i.e.not work a doctor never works).
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I would check the med board certification and if they are certified in plastic surgery specifically(any dr can be a plastic surgeon,even a dentist!) and find out how many surgeries they have performed, make an appointment with the drs and get a feel for them as well as a peek at other patients .  Ask them point blank about certification, # of surgeries performed etc.  If they act insulted or make you feel 'icky', RUN!!  A good dr would incourage a patient to do his/her research and be glad to tell you about him/herself and will do his/her best to make you feel comfortable.
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Yeah sure if you have the right qualifications. In Australia all overseas doctors are screened by the government to make sure they are qualified and know what they are doing.
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This is hard to answer precisely, because precise measures would require someone to conduct an expensive census.  Which doesn't generally happen unless there's a good reason for it.  But there are ways we can esitmate the number of practicing cardiologists, if you like.\n\nAccording to the U.S. Department of Labour, as of 2004 there were approximately 567,000 physicians altogether.  Those physicians fall into a variety of categories, with cardiologists lumped (unfortunately) into the 'other' category which makes up 33.9% of all physicians.  (link 1)\n\nWe might be able to peel off another layer of the onion with the help of the American Board of Medical Specialties.  These guys certify when a physician is 'qualified' to operate in the U.S., and they keep track of how many certifications they give out.  One of the sub-specialties they have is for 'cardiovascular disease'.  In the last ten years, 8240 of the 78409 certifications they've handed out have been in this specialty (link 2).  Thus it's probably a fairly sound deduction that this reflects the percentage of cardiologists (or, at least doctors capable of acting as cardiologists) among all doctors.  That calculates out to 10.5%.\n\nIf we bring back the statistic about total doctors from the Department of Labour, we find that there are approximately 60,000 practicing cardiologist in America.  This is, however, a fairly loose estimate given the kinds of figures we're using.  But it may be better than nothing!  Hope that helps!
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Yes, my uncle had this happen.\n\nHe was pronounced dead on the operating table.  But he could see the surgeons for awhile, then he went to heaven.  He has tried sometimes to describe this but was always unable to.\n\nThe doctors studied him for years because of the great medical potential of them being able to bring someone back from death.
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ask this question to a third doctor