Dumb Doctors

It's amazing how we hold the medical profession in such high esteem, when it has trouble with something as simple as hand washing.

One of the things that has driven me most nuts over the last few years, and in my first few months of med school, is how easily we are distracted by technology and fancy gadgets. I admit it's tempting to be drawn in (and that we have much to gain from tech) because its fascinating and exciting. But I think it's probably a good idea to sort out the cheaper and simpler stuff first. All the helical CT scans in the world are of little comfort when doctors refuse to learn the lessons of centuries-old germ theory.