What do you think student doctors need to learn?
These future physicians should learn that patients today have a say in the decisions that doctor makes regarding their treatment and medications and procedures.
The doctor is actually working for the patient and the patient should be able to decide what they want to do --- the doctor is not some all
knowing god and the patient a brainless fool.
And most of all LISTEN to the patient....and if you do not know something tell the patient and research it - the doctor might learn something.
Why do you think it's important for them to learn this?
They should learn they receive a degree - not a canonization - they have much to learn in the real world. I have had unpleasant experiences with interns in a big NYC hospitals and friends of mine tell me their problems. One couple, he dying of cancer, unaware he was so sick with cancer on admission via ambulance an intern asked if he had a living will, he was told no - and the intern told him he would probably not last 24 hours with the cancer so advanced - so he better tell what he wants done.
Advice
- This should be taught at med school - and by nurses in hospitals who know all the ropes of hospital care and who should be able to give advice about relationships with patients.
