‘Wag pumili ng doktor batay sa pinanggaling eskuwelahan

HINDI basehan ang paaralan na pinanggalingan ng isang doktor, gaya ng sa Amerika, ng kanyang kakayahan, ayon sa bagong pag-aaral.

Pinag-aralan ng mga mananaliksik ang mga resulta ng halos isang milyong pagpapaospital ng publiko, na hinawakan ng mahigit 30,000 doktor, at wala silang nakitang pagkakaiba sa “risks of death or hospital readmission” batay sa kung saang unibersidad nagtapos ang kanilang doktor, na nakabatay din sa U.S. News & World Report medical school rankings, ayon sa report ng The BMJ.

Naglathala na ang U.S. News & World Report ng medical school rankings simula pa noong 1983. Ang ranking ay may epekto sa reputasyon, research activity, at acceptance rate ng paaralan. Ang ranking ay nakadepende rin sa ibibigay na score ng school deans at residency directors, gayundin ng grade point average ng mga estudyante at admission test scores.

“There are ample anecdotes suggesting that both patients and physicians may use the ranking of the medical school a physician graduated from as a signal of provider quality,” pahayag ng pangunahing awtor na si Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa ng University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine.

Ngunit “although these rankings take into account many aspects of medical schools, the performance of graduates, including patient mortality, which arguably is what patients care about most, is not included in the calculation,” sabi ni Dr. Yusuke sa Reuters Health.

“We don’t think patients need to pick a doctor based on that $30-$40 difference,” aniya pa.

“What we do every day as doctors isn’t what we learned in medical school, which is the foundation. What we practice daily is what we learned during residency years,” sabi naman ni Dr. Mario Guadino, ng Weill Cornell Medicine sa New York City. Nagresearch si Dr. Mario, na walang kinalaman sa pag-aaral, ng mga characteristic ng cardiothoracic surgeons na nagtatrabaho sa mga top-ranked U.S. medical institution.

“Overall, this study gives a reassuring message,” lahad niya sa Reuters Health. “There’s not a lot of fragility in the level of care you will get, and you don’t need to be concerned about your doctor’s medical school education when you go to the hospital.”

Hindi dapat umanong tingnan lang ng pasyente ang U.S. News & World Report rankings upang mas maintindihan ang gastos at quality care, sabi naman ni Daniel

Tancredi ng University of California, Davis School of Medicine sa Sacramento.

“These rankings are meant to inform students about where they should go for medical school,” aniya sa Reuters Health.

“That’s a different question than determining the best medical school for patients.”