This is because medical school is more akin to trade school than a scientific training program—an incredibly complex and difficult to learn trade, to be sure, and one based on applied science, but most MDs are not scientists.https://twitter.com/donaldLchi/status/1143497446703521792 …
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I can believe it. The lack of understanding in physicians of basic study design, epidemiology, and statistics only became clear to me when I got a Public Health degree — clear too that those things were fundamental to medical decision-making.
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Not just clinical or epidemiological study design, but the general scientific method: proper controls, a testable hypothesis, basic biostatistics, etc.
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