age and experience or youth and enthusiasm?

[ethandron]

who would you trust/prefer - an elderly, 10 year retired gp with a wealth of experience or a newly qualified, switched-on, up-to-the-minute gp?

[sara3]

new, without a doubt.

[Sqad]

You mean to an extra marital relationship with?............go for the elderly retired.....you know it makes sense.

[bednobs]

if you mean to hae as a gp, it's a nonsence question since one has already retired and is therefore not going to be your gp

[ethandron]

no, no sqad, i mean in terms of medical advice, as if you didn't know ;o)
interesting sara3, why?

[JR369]

Old- reliable, trustworthy and experienced but maybe lagging in what's new unless he keeps up to date on his computer
Young-Eager spotty but up to date with new practices and advancements

[ethandron]

no bednobs, not to choose as your gp for the reasons you've said. just as someone to ask for advice...

[JR369]

I forgot to add that the old may be stubborn and have that "never question my judgement attitude" Where the young can be easily moulded and swayed.

[cazzz1975]

Agree with bednobs

[ethandron]

jr, why would you want to sway a medical opinion?

[sara3]

newly trained comes with an enthusiasm, and an openness to listening, new ideas/therapies/procedures, etc..

of course, that's a sweeping statement.. but old school tends to be just that, in my opinion.

[JR369]

No not his medical opinion but for things like extra medication doctors notes etc..

[Sqad]

It takes at least 4-5 years to "knock out of them" all the cr@p that they had been taught in medical school.

It is only when you are newly qualified do you realise how little you know.

[Mamyalynne]

Oooh decisions decisions! Ok listen to both, then Google!!

[ethandron]

maybe it's like a lot of things - the more you learn, the more you realise you've got to learn??

[Sqad]

eth.....exactly.

[ethandron]

mamy, listen to them both, then google, then visit your own gp :)

[boxtops]

New, defo. Your local pharmacist is always a good second line of enquiry, as is a nurse practitioner/prescriber in your GP practice.

[Sqad]

boxtops LOL

[zzxxee]

depends on the reason you are going

[ethandron]

the reason i pose the question - we have two young medics in the family, i have a young-ish (early 30s) female gp, my other half has a male gp who is in his late 50's and pretty much seems to be cruising towards retirement, and then there's our own very dear doctor sqad.
now, they can't actually be compared properly obviously, i was just interested to know how people feel about accepting medical advice from differing medical people.