Dr John Short Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Christchurch Women’s Hospital Christchurch 10:45 - 11:10 The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth The Geek shall inherit the Earth John Short Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Christchurch Investigate the Pelvis or the Patient? John Short Obstetrician and Gyanecologist Christchurch
[email protected] www.christchurch-gynaecologist.co.nz Getting to grips with fifty shades of grey Why Geeks make the best doctors John Short Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Christchurch Is it: • Geeks make the best doctors? • Doctors make the best geeks? • Actually, all doctors are geeks? Declarations of interest • I am a Geek Etymology • Geck (German): “fool” or “freak” • Gek (Dutch): “crazy” • Gecken (Austria): “circus freaks” What is a “geek” • in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast or a person obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit • Its meaning has evolved to connote "someone who is interested in a subject (usually intellectual or complex) for its own sake". • Geeks are generally smart, they're passionate about things Not a nerd • a derogatory term for a person who is intellectually knowledgeable or bright, but socially inept • the difference between nerds and geeks is "geeks get it done" Geek subjects • Science • Maths • Computers • History • Comics • Games science • Research • Evidence based thinking • Debate • Challenging ideas and dogma • Truth • Assimilation of information to get answers • Medicine? Qualities of a good doctor • synthesise conflicting and incomplete information to reach a diagnosis • deal with uncertainty • recognise that change both in medicine and society is constant • Having technical skills, being competent, knowledgeable • [the doctor/patient relationship] at its best it remains one that is based on respect for knowledge, expertise and experience • confident, decisive, intelligent, interested • Dedicated • always learning Hmm.