Separating clinical and political subjects

RE: Separating clinical and political subjects

Seadna — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:55:49 GMT

A hearty upvote from me on your suggestions. I often think of that old VDS nugget whereby they insist that they will always defend a particular course of action IF it can be proven that a significant proportion of your colleagues would act in the same way. What better place for me to crowdsource appropriate treatment options?

RE: Separating clinical and political subjects

Neil Wheadon — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:08:16 GMT

I tend to agree with this

Of the 20 titles on the front page, 7 are clinical, the other 13 relate to other subjects. These clinical discussions can go.......well anywhere really and I start to glaze over when cascade issues are mentioned.

With Julian now in place as a moderator would it be time to have a regular thread on a specific clinical subject to which we can all chip in with a clinical thought. This doesn't have to be complicated, locum work has taught me that there are many different approaches and I'm learning all the time.

My starter for 10 would be

4 month old puppy with diarrhoea, what would you do?

A 10 year old cat with an abdominal single mass, what to do?

I feel there is a reticence to ask simple questions for fear of sounding stupid but there is so much experience to be tapped here that it seems a shame not to use it

Neil

RE: Separating clinical and political subjects

Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:02:39 GMT

No need to apologise - you're welcome.

I think the problem in the UK is that our clinical judgement is so often restricted by this silly law. There's what we want to do - and there's what the cascade allows us to do - highly frustrating!

Wynne