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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => Other General Discussion => Topic started by: polysaccharide on March 15, 2010, 09:53:13 pm
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From what I have observed since young, doctors tend to have handwritings that are not very legible. I have always wondered whether other co-workers could understand those writings and why they write in such a manner...
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From what I have observed since young, doctors tend to have handwritings that are not very legible. I have always wondered whether other co-workers could understand those writings and why they write in such a manner...
Think about the amount of schooling they have gone through, I'd be writing pretty shit by the end as well haha
My GP also likes to get me out quick so it's mostly abbreviated words in sloppy super fast writing
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So, the legibility of one's handwriting is inversely proportional to his/her schooling?...
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From what I have observed since young, doctors tend to have handwritings that are not very legible. I have always wondered whether other co-workers could understand those writings and why they write in such a manner...
That's very stereotypical. My GP writes like an artist (sort of). Guess it really depends...
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Yes, I know it depends. From what I have seen, most of them tend to have messy writings.
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who knows why... maybe they always type on computers throughout their whole time in school and training... so they write dodgy... and they are probably lazy and want to get through the day faster .
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Because of the amount of coffee we drink to get through a day.
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Doctors generally have to make sure they divide their time accordingly, so they write illegibly. When I'm in a lecture my hand writing is much worse than how I usually write, since I hate being a scribe and try to maximise my time actually focussing on the lecture.
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http://www.bmj.com/archive/7072ww3.htm
Myth slayed.
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http://www.bmj.com/archive/7072ww3.htm
Myth slayed.
Guess that makes sense. Most people's hand writing sucks, but how often do we see other people handwrite these days? I guess it's more of a case of exposure.
Well, that or my caffeine theory.
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Yeah probably the caffeine theory... speaking of caffeine... man i miss the "death coffee" from school could use some right now.
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Yeah probably the caffeine theory... speaking of caffeine... man i miss the "death coffee" from school could use some right now.
What's the "death coffee" ?
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Yeah probably the caffeine theory... speaking of caffeine... man i miss the "death coffee" from school could use some right now.
What's the "death coffee" ?
+1
I am quite intrigued
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Ridiculously strong coffee...
Strong enough to simultaneously wake the dead and kill you nah but really that stuff wakes me up even if i smell it
Ive had nodoz and caffeine tablets before but this coffee is just something else
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Ridiculously strong coffee...
Strong enough to simultaneously wake the dead and kill you nah but really that stuff wakes me up even if i smell it
Ive had nodoz and caffeine tablets before but this coffee is just something else
Lol, and this "death coffee" came from school? Hahahahaha, what.
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Make sense with all the homework our chemistry teacher reckons we can get by on 4 hours then again this is the same dude with an "idiot ball" with students names on it and threatens us with crucifixtion for not doing homework. Haha what a great guy
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Omg... as a medical receptionist, doctor's handwriting is a nightmare.
I've gotten better at reading it, but sometimes it's just completely illegible.
Personally, I had attributed it to the fact that only one of our doctors is from an English-speaking background.
If you compare any of our receptionists' handwriting to that of any of our doctors', the receptionists would win hands-down every time.
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Pretty dangerous field to have bad handwriting in too
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maybe doctors used their brains too much
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I'm more concerned by the poor typing skills of doctors. I makes me want to write my own damn prescriptions!
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I'm more concerned by the poor typing skills of doctors. I makes me want to write my own damn prescriptions!
You can't talk :D (jks)
But they're not that bad, isn't it usually the typist's fault anyway? :P
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I've never heard of doctors having bad typing skills o.O
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not bad as such, just slow. They're two finger typists!
and lol at my typo.
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Really? I think it's more of a case of age since most doctors you'd know are fairly old, and most people that old aren't that great at typing anyway. I think MSN and Facebook has really stepped up typing speeds nowadays.
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Yeah once i started using msn, facebook and irc, man, my typing speed shot up.
My doctor doesnt use a computer at all in his office, not even sure if he uses one at home. I keep thinking how much easier it would be for him. He still keeps his records in filing cabinets and manilla folders.
He is rather old though... doesn't make him any less of a good doctor.