Doctors, What Is Something They Teach You In Med School That You Can’t Learn On The Internet?

This quesiton was originally posted on Quora.com and was answered by Amy Chai, MD, Internal Medicine, MS Epidemiology




Top Ten things you learn in Medical School that you can’t learn on the internet:

1-Where to look on the internet for reliable information.

2-How to recognize bullshit for what it is.

3-How to parse information in ways that do not lead to misinterpetation.

4-How to sort through information in silos in structures that lead to grasping the key concepts. (The volume of information is astounding and changing daily)

5-WHAT ARE THE KEY CONCEPTS?

6-How to relate key silos of information across disciplines.

6-How to apply the information to develop differential diagnoses.

7-How to apply the information to develop plans for treatment.

8-What to do when the information does not exist, because often it doesn’t and that is where judgment and expert opinion and experience comes in.

9-How to cut apart a human body IRL

10- How to do invasive procedures on living humans using sharp objects in ways that do not kill them but rather (and we hope) to make them better.

11-***How to know how much you don’t know*** A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Know your limitations, my friends. I know mine.

Also, you will quickly learn that all of the “good” information is behind a paywall.

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