Thursday, August 31, 20064
Big surprise, liability concerns are deterring medical students from OB/GYN
According to a recent survey in Florida:
Of the students who considered ob/gyn but decided against it, 32 percent ranked "fear of malpractice" as the first or second deterrent to entering the field, compared to 21 percent who never considered ob/gyn. Nearly 27 percent of students who considered ob/gyn ranked "fear of being sued" as a first or second deterrent compared to 7 percent who never considered the specialty.
"It appears that some students may have chosen ob/gyn except for the fear of high malpractice insurance costs and lawsuits are associated with our field of medicine," Dr. Deutsch said.
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Anonymous
Most Medical students are highly influenced by the academic physicians they run into every day. These days in University hospitals Physicians are warning Medical students to avoid OB Gyn, for their own mental and physical health, due to the rape of the profession by the malpractice attorneys. This advice, given out every day, cannot be underestimated. I am sure I have dissuaded at least 10 medicl students from entering OB-GYN. My job is to do what is best for them, not for society, which is going to face a great shortage of competent OB-Gyns.
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Anonymous
As a patient I'm already seeing this problem. My ob/gyn is overly busy and yes, has made mistakes because of this.
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Anonymous
I cannot imagine why anyone would want to do OB. Horrible hours, life or death split second decision making, overwhelming liability, emotionally labile patients, and dealing with indigents and youths breeding children they cannot support make me depressed just thinking about it.
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Anonymous
There are several ObGyns in the medical group I go to, but as anon at 4:08 said, they are busy. At least women. I usually schedule a routine checkup 2- and 3- months in advance. They do manage to fit you in if you have a real problem, like bleeding or pain, so it works out fine.
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11:52 PM
Male ObGyns are not as busy though. Maybe because most women prefer female ObGyns as I do.
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