WILL ENGINEERS REPLACE DOCTORS?
WILL ENGINEERS REPLACE DOCTORS?
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WOULD LIKE TO INITIATE A NEW INTERESTING THREAD:
WILL ENGINEERS REPLACE DOCTORS IN FUTURE???
TECHNICALLY EVERY PART OF THE HUMAN BEING VIZ KIDNEY OR
HEART OR ANY PART CAN BE MECHANIZED AND MADE TO FUNCTION
EXTERNALLY.(WHO KNOWS-MAY BE IN ANOTHER 20 YEARS)AND ALL DIAGNOSIS OF THE DISEASE IS DONE BY EQUIPEMENTS AND THE DOCTORS USE THEIR EXPERIENCE CUM COMMON SENSE TO DECIDE ON FURTHER COURSE OF ACTION.STRICTLY SPEAKING GONE ARE THE OLD DAYS WHERE THE DOCTOR USES ONLY HIS EXPERIENCE TO TREAT PATIENTS.
CAN WE CONCLUDE THE DOCTORS CAN BE DISPENSED WITH IN THE YEARS TO COME WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND COMPUTING??
WILL ENGINEERS REPLACE DOCTORS IN FUTURE???
TECHNICALLY EVERY PART OF THE HUMAN BEING VIZ KIDNEY OR
HEART OR ANY PART CAN BE MECHANIZED AND MADE TO FUNCTION
EXTERNALLY.(WHO KNOWS-MAY BE IN ANOTHER 20 YEARS)AND ALL DIAGNOSIS OF THE DISEASE IS DONE BY EQUIPEMENTS AND THE DOCTORS USE THEIR EXPERIENCE CUM COMMON SENSE TO DECIDE ON FURTHER COURSE OF ACTION.STRICTLY SPEAKING GONE ARE THE OLD DAYS WHERE THE DOCTOR USES ONLY HIS EXPERIENCE TO TREAT PATIENTS.
CAN WE CONCLUDE THE DOCTORS CAN BE DISPENSED WITH IN THE YEARS TO COME WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND COMPUTING??





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It is more likely that doctors will be more like engineers in the future instead of the other way around.
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Nobody imagined of cloning earlier which is a reality now
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jproj
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Blacksmith
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I remember hearing back in my college days that expert systems would be used instead of doctors in the future. However, that has yet to come to fruition. And why is that? The cynic would say that the doctors don't want to share their information which could be placed in an expert system since it could replace them. But I think the reality is this (which some people have already touched on): the computer - or whatever mechanism you use - can diagnose a certain problem but it cannot provide the best treatment for that particular patient. It would have to know all possible inter-reactions with medications, complications of surgeries, etc. This is really too much for any current machines to handle. So I don't think we'll be seeing engineering taking the place of doctors.
JeffdlS
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Most sheep get carted off to the big green field in the sky aged no older than 3. Dolly was 6 and suffered from arthitis, which again is not uncommon in older sheep, nor is any of the other ailments that she suffered from.
We have got to remember just cause we can clone animals does not mean we cure all the ailments associated with it.
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Is was going to say the same thing. I went to school with several engineers that went on to become doctors. The engineers were allways frustrated talking to their friends in traditional premed programs because the premeds had it so easy.
ProEpro
www.whitelightdesign.com
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I have a friend that is a heart surgeon and one that is a brain surgeon, both pre med. I think the only thing they learned in the first 4 years was how to drink heavily, play golf, and cheat. I think a lot of people have no clue what a hell it is to get through a 4 year engineering program.
just my 2 cents worth....
BobPE
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Unfortunately bridges, cars and electronic chips don't get better by themselves, so we have to fix them directly.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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an interesting thought to your post is that our industry is now starting to see "Health Monitoring" as a way to increase the longevity of a structure through preventative measures. Obviously, the moniker came by way of the health industry and it is very similar but as you noted structures can't heal themselves so engineers need a direct approach/involvement.
What if twenty years from now a database based on data compiled with health monitoring is used to determine what "ailments" a structure may have suffered due to settling, extreme event forces, erection practice etc and engineers are now, based on statistical data, able to prescribe a fix that may or may not fix what may or may not be wrong with a structure?