Reading the comments in this thread just indicates to me that we need more doctors. The supply of doctors is definitely artificially restricted
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2024
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Yep, that AMA is proof the licensing organization shouldn't also be the union.
For real. At least in the US medical school is incredibly expensive (on top of undergrad being really expensive too). Going to school is a huge risk, because if you find you can't handle it half way through, you've got all that debt,without the job to actually pay it. We've got so many incredible potential doctors and nurses that just can't afford to go to school
It also takes 2x longer than most of the world to get licensed.
We need to pressure schools to open more seats.
Their time is actually more important than yours
I'll have you know I have 27 cats at home which depend on me. My time is precious
Just bring them with you, duh.
That's way too many how silly. Only bring half of them at a time. Being the others on a second trip.
Should I cut the remainding cat in half across the chest or from front to back?
Try 3 hours, it's the reason I bought a miyoo mini plus, just to take it to doctor's offices.
I got a gamesir x2 pro for my appointments, changed my life, carry the little fucker everywhere now.
wow, that looks cool
I told my wife, the day I see an actual fucking doctor when my appointment time is, I'll either die of shock or but a lottery ticket.
In my experience you're lucky if some not-an-MD is checking your weight and blood pressure within half an hour, but if you're five minutes late they're sending you a bill for them doing literally nothing and canceling you entirely. I've never seen anybody so high on their own fucking importance while at the same time showing not the slightest smidgen of respect for the time of anyone else unfortunate enough to have to interact with them.
I wish I had a job where I could fuck up the timing of every single task every single day that consistently and still be employed. Not that I would, because I recognize that other people's time matters.
To be fair you don't need a doctor to check your vitals and ODs are doctors too.
Top tip, book the first appointment of the day (specifically request this) You'll almost always be seen on time.
Now please don't die of shock now you know this. I hope you survive
Did that.
Doc was 45 minutes late to work.
She was a nice lady but that had me fuming.
I then had to wait two hours for a taxi. I was in tears from anxiety by the time I got home, then had to go back to work.
Luckily I am WFH so no one could see me crying.
That was a bad day!
oof 🫂
I was told to try this by an RN but the issue I need to see a doctor for is sleep apnea so that's out the window.
Your doctor is doing doctor things while the RNs are performing their functions? I'm shocked.
But if you want a better experience, find a good small non-chain urgent care office in a subsurb that doesn't take insurance. You'll pay more and get the experience you want, in my experience. But the RN is still going to come in first and perform their functions for a minute before the doctor comes in 5 minutes later.
Because every patient before you was 10-30 minutes late for their appointment so now you have to wait an hour.
Once I had to wait more than 30 minutes even though I was the very first patient in the morning.
Or, more likely in my experience, the doctors office is overbooked and anything more than 10-15 min/patient puts the whole schedule behind.
Not really overbooked, so much as you put down you had a sore throat which takes about 10-15 minutes but now you're here can you have your ear looked at and also your stomach hurts but it started about six years ago and you think you might have ADHD so could you get a referral for an evaluation?
And it's like that every other patient.
I'd argue that if that's consistently happening, you're overbooked. If you book more people than you can reasonably expect to serve on time, that's being overbooked.
I see that as no different as the shitty companies that have an IBR that repeatedly tells you about 'higher than normal call volume' no matter when you call and anytime you call for months/years. At some point you know your normal and aren't staffing or booking at proper levels.
I work for a psych clinic where the head doctor rarely turns down same-day appointments, while his schedule is fully-booked to see multiple patients/15-20 mins. We've slowly bled providers over the course of the last 3 years and haven't really replaced any of them. Turns out, it's hard to hire when you have a reputation for low salaries and nefarious contract negotiations.
Each specialty may have their own story, but we definitely see constant issues of being overbooked AND understaffed.
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