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Would it be rude to ask a doctor what his GPA was in school?

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Like say you're looking for a new doctor, would it be rude to call and ask him what his qualifications are and what his GPA was? Is it okay to do the same to someone who fixes your computer? Ask them what type of degree do you have? Do you have a bachelors degree?
 
Interesting question. This is someone who you are placing your life in the hands of, so I don't think it is a rude question to ask.

Whether it is relevant or not is another question.
 
Originally posted by: chrisms
Interesting question. This is someone who you are placing your life in the hands of, so I don't think it is a rude question to ask.

Whether it is relevant or not is another question.
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But I don't think his GPA determines how good of a doctor he is. What if the best doctor in the class had a bad attitude and didn't like school? What if the smartest doctor in his class has real shaky hands? When an artery bursts during surgery, he might have a hard time stitching you up in time.

 
Originally posted by: chrisms
Interesting question. This is someone who you are placing your life in the hands of, so I don't think it is a rude question to ask.

Whether it is relevant or not is another question.
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would you ask the pilot of your next flight?
the driver of your taxi?


If he is an MD and employed at a US hospital, you can rest assured he was able to pass medical school. GPA is often irrelevant to practical experience.
 
You are a moron. How does a good GPA in med school translate into being a good doctor? You should realize that doctors learn most of their practical medical knowledge during their internships and residencies. My dad graduated medical school in 1975...do you think the stuff he learned in med school is at all applicable to his current career as a physician?
 
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

If he is an MD and employed at a US hospital, you can rest assured he was able to pass medical school. GPA is often irrelevant to practical experience.
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Q: What do you call the medical student who just graduated dead last in his class at the worst medical school in the nation?



A: Doctor.
 
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Originally posted by: chrisms
Interesting question. This is someone who you are placing your life in the hands of, so I don't think it is a rude question to ask.

Whether it is relevant or not is another question.
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would you ask the pilot of your next flight?
the driver of your taxi?


If he is an MD and employed at a US hospital, you can rest assured he was able to pass medical school. GPA is often irrelevant to practical experience.
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I never said it was relevant. I'm saying it is not going to hurt the doctor to give that information out and if it makes the patient more comfortable, great.
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
You are a moron. How does a good GPA in med school translate into being a good doctor? You should realize that doctors learn most of their practical medical knowledge during their internships and residencies. My dad graduated medical school in 1975...do you think the stuff he learned in med school is at all applicable to his current career as a physician?
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LOL, I'm just asking a question. I never said I plan to do it. Okay this is a better question, is it at all rude to ask anyone about their professional qualifications? Would you ask someone at Geek Squad, "Hey, what is your qualification? Do you have a bachelor's degree? I only want someone who has a bachelor's degree to work on my computer because of course, having your bachelor's degree means you can fix computars!!!"
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

If he is an MD and employed at a US hospital, you can rest assured he was able to pass medical school. GPA is often irrelevant to practical experience.
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Q: What do you call the medical student who just graduated dead last in his class at the worst medical school in the nation?



A: Doctor.
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the same can be said for any number of professions. Someone is always the worst at everything.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

If he is an MD and employed at a US hospital, you can rest assured he was able to pass medical school. GPA is often irrelevant to practical experience.
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Q: What do you call the medical student who just graduated dead last in his class at the worst medical school in the nation?

A: Doctor.
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Q: What do you call a medical student who just failed out of medical school?

A: A cabbie

You don't have to be a doctor to have people's lives in your hands.

 
A more relevant question is where he ranked in his graduating class in medical school and if he has received any fellowships or other awards.
 
Originally posted by: confused1234
with the ammount of work doctors have to do to become doctors, im sure gpa is irrevelent
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BINGO...

And BTW, if you are a specialist doctor, you have to do residency, then a fellowship or program to even be a specialist, and even then, it is tough to get placed in a fellowship without going to a good med school and getting good grades.

Added to that, it is extremely difficult to get into a good med school to begin with. 🙁
 
Heh, I'm sure the doctor in question would be offended....

However, I don't understand why you people defend doctors so much. Assuming the guy just started his medical career the question might be worth asking. In every other field if the guy graduated recently every employer will ask for his GPA. Why are doctors exempt from it? I've seen plenty of piss poor doctors and nurses. Our neighbor studied to be a nurse, she went to community college to take necessary courses, one of the courses was elementary math because they routinely must measure medication doses. Don't get me wrong, she is a nice woman, but SHE COULD NOT FVSKING ADD TWO FRACTIONS IF THEY HAD DIFFERENT DENOMINATORS. And you would blankly put your lives into her hands? What if she would accidentally overdose someone? If you think MDs are better you're gravely mistaken. Sure there are some good doctors, but there are also lots who shouldn't be fvking anywhere near patients even if he had 5 years of experience.
 
I think those questions are perefectly legit if you ask it in the right manner and be open to his answer. It shouldn't matter what his gpa was as long as he earned a great education and knew his stuff
 
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