Why do doctors have bad handwriting?
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Why?
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hahah...i was thinking abt that just now too...
i guess they just scribble fast. cos being a doctor u need to be fast in everitin?
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i'd like to know too.
my appointment card i dunnoe how to read, the lady at cmpb oso dunnoe how to read, den the appointments the hospital oso anyhow one, computer and actual dates mismatch.
in the end. all blame the doc's handwriting. -
i got lousy handwriting, but i aint a doc
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because he can't spell correctly.
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Perhaps being FAST is important, but isn't being legible even more important?Originally posted by mhcampboy:hahah...i was thinking abt that just now too...
i guess they just scribble fast. cos being a doctor u need to be fast in everitin? -
trueOriginally posted by MooKu:Perhaps being FAST is important, but isn't being legible even more important?
there are reports of nurses giving patients the wrong drugs because they misread doctor's prescriptions -
Actually on my appointment card... ALL the handwritings are bad.
And the card has been written on by a doctor and the clerks.
Maybe it's contagious. 
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or maybe they are plain sloppyOriginally posted by MooKu:Actually on my appointment card... ALL the handwritings are bad.
And the card has been written on by a doctor and the clerks.
Maybe it's contagious. -
i can't write either.
the number of times i write seriously can be counted by my fingers alone.
the number of times i seriously sign a signature is less den 5 times per year.
but the docs..
they really.. pei fu sia.
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warrao. then i fear for my life.Originally posted by laurence82:or maybe they are plain sloppy luckily now not on medication.
Argghh but it's so intriguing! It's almost like every person with neat handwriting who goes to study medicine comes out with scribbly handwriting.
Maybe our medical students and doctors and dentists etc etc would like to comment on this... strange phenomenon. -
i think it must be a secret tradition in their ranks. train them in the usage of magical glyphs!Originally posted by MooKu:warrao. then i fear for my life. luckily now not on medication.
Argghh but it's so intriguing! It's almost like every person with neat handwriting who goes to study medicine comes out with scribbly handwriting.
Maybe our medical students and doctors and dentists etc etc would like to comment on this... strange phenomenon. -
their lecture so many things to copy..scribble all the way till it becomes habit.
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i think they wrote too much in their uni days...
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Originally posted by MooKu:warrao. then i fear for my life. luckily now not on medication.
Argghh but it's so intriguing! It's almost like every person with neat handwriting who goes to study medicine comes out with scribbly handwriting.
Maybe our medical students and doctors and dentists etc etc would like to comment on this... strange phenomenon.
maybe they see you cute cute feel like sayang you, so hand tremble cannot write properly -
the scary thing is this, some articles i read even reported that nurse are sometimes too scared to question the doctors, especially when they think the medicine prescribed are wrong onesOriginally posted by MooKu:warrao. then i fear for my life. luckily now not on medication.
Argghh but it's so intriguing! It's almost like every person with neat handwriting who goes to study medicine comes out with scribbly handwriting.
Maybe our medical students and doctors and dentists etc etc would like to comment on this... strange phenomenon.
i wanted to advise you to check with the nurses if you are unsure, but then again, check with other medical staff if you are prescribed medication you are unsure of -
i tink maybe becoz during their study they are sort of "required" to write vv fast to take down notes or something ba... so when u write fast u start to scribble
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It's a stereotype la...not all doctors have bad handwriting but it is true that most of us use abbreviations, so laypersons may not understand. Medical terminology is long, many latin terms and doctors are always in a rush each day...so instead of writing 'Diagnosis: pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta' the doctor may quickly scribble 'Dx: PLEVA'...Instead of writing 'Take two Amoxicillin capsules three times a day for 1 week', it is common to write Cap. Amoxil 2/2 tds x 1/52.
Unless you understand our shorthand and abbreviations, you won't understand what we write. But that said, it is true some doctors have bad handwriting.
Now the hospitals and polyclinics are moving towards electronic prescribing, so errors arising from bad handwriting will be a thing of the past. -
wow.. sir, so late liao havent sleep ah?Originally posted by oxford mushroom:It's a stereotype la...not all doctors have bad handwriting but it is true that most of us use abbreviations, so laypersons may not understand. Medical terminology is long, many latin terms and doctors are always in a rush each day...so instead of writing 'Diagnosis: pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta' the doctor may quickly scribble 'Dx: PLEVA'...Instead of writing 'Take two Amoxicillin capsules three times a day for 1 week', it is common to write Cap. Amoxil 2/2 tds x 1/52.
Unless you understand our shorthand and abbreviations, you won't understand what we write. But that said, it is true some doctors have bad handwriting.
Now the hospitals and polyclinics are moving towards electronic prescribing, so errors arising from bad handwriting will be a thing of the past. -
speak for yourself...Originally posted by monoslayer:wow.. sir, so late liao havent sleep ah? -
Originally posted by mhcampboy:speak for yourself...
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wow doctor surf sgforum also.. so free ar? i tot doctor always the gal "song sang men", throw themselves at u
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u watched too much AV liao.. doctor n nurse..Originally posted by bksianzz:wow doctor surf sgforum also.. so free ar? i tot doctor always the gal "song sang men", throw themselves at u -
I am in a different time zone la
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