It’s probably not as good an idea as it initially appears. New grads are not that much use and COVID is a nurse intensive, not doctor intensive condition. Infectious disease guys, pulmonologists and respiratory disease specialists are residency trained and Board Certified. Not so for newbies.
Nursing is where this ones at. A physician can handle a ward full of COVID’s but each patient will require around the clock nursing. Ventilators need maintenance, fluid lines need to checked and reset and monitors recorded 24/7. That all nurse’s turf.
I am so incredibility frustrated seeing the leadership in some states compared to the malignant, sociopathic, narcissistic president and his army of enablers. I can’t even be angry, just sad and frustrated. Thanks. I just had to vent.
I’m not sure folks get how the Doctor thing works. Med School preps you to learn how to learn. It’s like elementary school teaching you to count. You aint a mathematician yet. Doctors need years or residency or mentoring to know what they are doing. New grads lack experience, confidence and skill. They do have MD after their name but that’s not going to scare COVID much.
They are but other docs are mentors too. In my case it was a combo of competent surgery techs and a few good surgeons. I really didn’t know jack when they handed me my diploma.
I’ve never understood the religious rejections of science… If some god made all of us, then surely that god gave us the scientists and the knowledge and curiosity to figure all that stuff out.
There maybe an untapped resource called Medics.
We could do things in the military that are not allowed in the private world.
I am too old now but many are not.
That’s exactly right. Which is why I hope they’re kept off the front lines. I doubt many even know how to use the PPE properly. They’re best utilized in an ancillary capacity because graduating medical students have miles to go before they’re ready. There’s a reason some wags suggest not going to the hospital in July, if it can be avoided.
