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Old 21-08-2021, 06:58 PM
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Once again proving that this group is filled with juvenile doctors with childish comments.
“Not even recognized in Malaysia” = “rubbish for becoming a GP”
Okay can.

Having worked in multiple FM settings from public to private, I can assure you that MMed is not rubbish.
It’s only rubbish for those who love simple MBBS style medicine. Manage everything textbook style and refer everything else along. Fudge your way through if you’re not sure.

I’m not saying being a private GP is easy. There are a lot of other challenges that you will face that FPs in public do not. But the level of medicine you need to know is certainly much lower as patients come with much simpler issues, usually one issue at a time. That’s how you can see 8-10 patients per hour.
Try using the same approach when managing complex chronics in public setting, 10 different meds, seeing 3-4 different specialists, functional decline, etc and you will soon realise that primary care is not so straightforward.

Please grow up. No need to be bitter that others have more qualifications than you.
Accept that you are more experienced in some areas, while others have more training than you. It doesn’t necessarily mean one approach is better than the other.
Aiyah. Just let him be ba. There are so many fly by night gp out there also. The reality is also the gp out there will never manage complex pat like in the polyclinic setting.
I have a m.med and whenever I locum, I never feel out of place, infact , I frequently have pat telling me I'm better than the day time ( anchor) doc and they ask me which other day I'm around so they bring their uncle, auntie ,mother to see me too! Lol, I dun dare to tell them...why do I want to make myself busy. Other times the clinic was willingly to pay me 30 bucks an hour extra if I become their regular because many pat in day time ask for me.
I believe the m.med do train me to be a better doctor but hey, no need la cos some gp believe they are way too good for it.
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