And Just Like That, Doctors Have Their Autonomy Back
By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Excerpts
Medical knowledge changes rapidly, like the technology in your smartphone.
Most of what medical students learn early in medical school will be obsolete before they graduate, the same for residents from the beginning to the end of their residency program. This is why physicians learn on the job, gaining wisdom from their observations and experiences, and changing their practices accordingly.Hence the popularity of off-label treatments, reflecting new knowledge gained long after the on-label treatment was developed, or FDA approved
Physicians remain on the cutting edge, by innovating and growing in a thoughtful and scientific way
Physicians attempting to use their autonomy to offer what in their opinion is the best care for their patients, have been ridiculed, castigated, and threatened with loss of license or job.
So true; and how "off-label treatments" are seen/depicted as " playing cowboy and experimenting on their patients." And not evolving and learning and caring.
To your point re Doctors and opposition to the dictates' an article today
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/04/and_just_like_that_doctors_have_their_autonomy_back.html
And Just Like That, Doctors Have Their Autonomy Back
By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Excerpts
Medical knowledge changes rapidly, like the technology in your smartphone.
Most of what medical students learn early in medical school will be obsolete before they graduate, the same for residents from the beginning to the end of their residency program. This is why physicians learn on the job, gaining wisdom from their observations and experiences, and changing their practices accordingly.Hence the popularity of off-label treatments, reflecting new knowledge gained long after the on-label treatment was developed, or FDA approved
Physicians remain on the cutting edge, by innovating and growing in a thoughtful and scientific way
Physicians attempting to use their autonomy to offer what in their opinion is the best care for their patients, have been ridiculed, castigated, and threatened with loss of license or job.
So true; and how "off-label treatments" are seen/depicted as " playing cowboy and experimenting on their patients." And not evolving and learning and caring.