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Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis (Rebroadcast)

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The Importance of Experience in Medical Practice

A medical school is getting further in the rearview mirror as it is for every doctor. But outside of surgery, we actually find that over time older doctors do worse. People with a lot of experience tend to have fixed views on things. They're attracted to the status quo because that's what they know.

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