Doctors are double and triple booking procedures and letting residents perform them

[hrdc69]

I came across this very alarming story on Bloomberg about how many top doctors are scheduling multiple procedures at the same time letting residents perform most of the critical portions. The article said how many residents are not qualified completely and there have been many subpar outcomes. I am wondering how many urologists, radiologists, etc engage in this. It's very concering for example if you decide on a top doctor to take out your prostate and then unknown to you while you are out he goes elsewhere leaving most of the operation to residents who are just learning the ropes. Link to the article is below.

bloomberg.com/news/articles...

[maley2711]

This is good....so no matter what type of treatment...surgery, radiation,etc....w e need to confirm with Doc that only he/she will be doing the hands on work.

[garyjp9 in reply to maley2711]

This is a good idea, but they probably will not give you a blanket affirmation if it's a teaching hospital, noting that their residents have to be trained this way but that the doc will be present for a critical portions (see dadzone's comment). I have had a lot of surgeries and normally ask this question, but I failed to do so with a Hopkins surgeon for my RP. I was desperate to get the surgery before my cancer escaped the capsule (which it did anyway). My surgery was added to his schedule on the Friday before a holiday weekend. I had several complications, which I attribute to him probably leaving early.

[dadzone43]

How else will urology residents learn to do this? There is no other way than hands-on _under supervision_.

[Hidden]

I've somewhat experienced this in several cases. There is a good hospital near me that is a teaching hospital and they also have an oncology/radiation center attached. I went to the hospital ER one evening because I had pain around my rib cage when I breathed. I was pretty sure it was pleurisy but wanted a confirmation. I was put through a lot of tests in different departments and eventually wheeled back to the ER. A couple resident doctors came in and told me they couldn't find anything and left the room. A lady with a computer showed up and started asking questions and I asked what she was doing. She said we're admitting you. I said no you're not. The residents came back and started trying to talk me into staying and I politely turned them down. What's interesting is that when they were talking to me, they were standing beside the bed but back behind me so I couldn't see them. I told them if they wanted to tell me something they should come in front of me so I could see them. I asked them if they thought I might have pleurisy and they wouldn't answer me.

I was DX with prostate cancer in 2019. I went through radiation at the center connected to the hospital. They were using young students as their technicians to position me on the table and get things set up. One day, there was school supervisor or teacher there to watch a student perform the task of getting me aligned with the laser beam. Most techs grabbed the sheet under me and pulled me around into place. This young lady put her left hand on my male package and started trying to move me around into place. This was one of many embarrassing moments in the 27 days of treatment I had to endure.

[Seasid]

I did not understand fully why did they want to admit you?