Survey shows guys don't like female docs

That is very true Dave. Female doctors do tend to me more thorough than male doctors.

Has anyone actually seen this survey??

Our hearts are with you, GyneDoll!

the boxcar

They did not ask this guy.....I much prefer a female to male for my healthcare. I can open up better I guess? Not sure.....Just prefer a female.

Play Exams???? Hmmmm......Either works fine. My mood I think, determines that preference.

Much prefer my female doctor. She is a great diagnostician. Very thoough and follows up on issues where necessary.

Not like some male doctors ive had.

My personal experience (setting my medfet aside for a minute) is that I have by and large found female healthcare providers to be much more thorough and caring. My experience with most male doctors (never had a male PA or nurse practitioner) as a patient I'm a commodity more so than a person -- a collection of symptoms and issues.

Now, I know that it's not fair to paint the medical profession with this broad of a brush. I've had truly thorough and compassionate male providers - but on average, they appear to be a smaller percentage of those that I have experienced. They are extremely competent - just not that engaging with me as an individual.

Just my experience.

In my humble opinion this survey is full of shit! I personally always seek out and prefer female doctors for all of my medical needs.

I’ve had a female primary care dr ever since I was 16. I’ve found that they tend to be more thorough and also listen more to what I have To say. My current PC is great and is quick to address any concerns I might Have.

When I go to a doctor it has nothing to do with sexual desire or fantasy. I look for a doctor that has extensive knowledge which is hard to find at times. I tend to prefer female doctors because they seem to care more and have more knowledge. Had a handful of male doctors prescribe hormone replacement therapy (hrt) with zero success because they did not have the knowledge. One did not know what an estrogen test. Another wanted to give me 3x my dose. Another had no concept of what hemoglobin is. They were stubborn and ignorant. My female hrt doctor is brilliant. She knows more than all of them combined and does not have an ego. One doctor was such an arrogant ass I sent him a bill because I had to explain everything to him. The clown has yet to pay it. I did get an apology from the office manager and she agreed he is in over his head.

My female doctor is brilliant, she is a great diagnostician. I wouldn't be interested in consulting a male unless I had no choice at the time and I was desperate to be seen.

Call me chauvinistic but I hate the thought of having a female doctor. I have just never had one and would be extremely uncomfortable in that position. It is totally on me but it gives me the creeps. I don't care much for having a Nurse Practitioner either although I went to a walk in a few months ago and got exactly that. It was ok and I got 2 shots in the ass for my trouble.

You got two shots in your ass and you didn't tell me about them? Oh my you are holding out on me Moppy Baby. Shame shame. Care to elaborate?

Mashie

Yeah one was antibiotics and the other anti inflammatory. I barely pulled my wranglers down an inch.

I would have made you show me some skin, lol.

Mashie

When it comes to bad experiences I had more of them with old medical practicioners, because they sometimes spoke with this snarky tone and didn't give me much explanation. But when it comes to male vs female doctors I don't see any common differences where one is better than other.

The only exception is now I might have to go to urologist and I feel like male doctor would better understand my problems. Also even if I wanted to go to female urologist they are extremely rare in my area.

It depends how you look at it. Pure medically spoken I don't see any reason for a difference between male and female doctors. Though I might have the idea that female doctors would take more care in listening to their patiënts.

Personally I would prefer a female doc if possible.

Has anyone actually seen this survey??

It was here gwhap.

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/09/08/patient-doctor-female-male-bail

That really hit the nail on the head for me in explaining why I don't like going to a female. I've never been in the situation where a nurse was called in to chaperone but that would make it worse. That article does a great job of explaining it. It's not rational but I grew up with Male doctors and that's how I plan to end with one.

Whatever that survey was, my husband definitely wouldn't be in the majority. For many years we had an amazing woman as our family doctor. "Dr. Grams" (as in grandma) was up on all the latest medicine, but she was never in a hurry just to prescribe a drug for everything. She was sensitive, thorough and always took the time with us as both a doctor and a friend.

We would joke about a time when my husband was sick in bed, hadn't been to the bathroom since whenever, and "Grams" said what he needed most was an old fashioned enema. She had a lot of down-home humor, and we loved it. My husband went to her for regular exams, at least when I nagged him, and he never wanted to change to a male primary care doctor. By the way, my husband and I go to a female dermatologist, and we like her, too.

I guess I don't fit the mold, either. My primary care physician is actually a female physician's assistant. She is careful, thorough, and never hesitates to punt me to an MD if she's out of her depth. I also have a female podiatrist.

@Medical_test_subject said (post #22) https://en.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=876099

Here's the news story where I first heard about this:

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/09/08/patient-doctor-female-male-bail

That's an article ABOUT the survery - - - It isn't THE survey.

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@gwhap said

Has anyone actually seen this survey??

I would like a link to the survey itself to see what they asked and the context of the questions.

Love female docs with steths over their ample breasts

I would like a link to the survey itself to see what they asked and the context of the questions.

I read the the article - the word "survey" is not used at all. The graph showing the ratio of male and female patients who return to either a male or female doc comes from a company called Athenahealth. They are an IT company that develops cloud-based practice management, point-of-care applications and electronic health record (EHR) systems for small to medium-sized (SMB) physician practices and hospitals. The data was collected from their computers - no survey and no questions were asked. The article is from WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) - a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts.

IMHO if someone decides to change docs they are more likely to land on a male doc because there are more of them! (at least today)

No survey, small sample space, no weighting based on number of male vs female docs = no basis for the conclusion.

I read the the article - the word "survey" is not used at all. The graph showing the ratio of male and female patients who return to either a male or female doc comes from a company call Athenahealth. They'd are an IT company that develops cloud-based practice management, point-of-care applications and electronic health record (EHR) systems for small to medium-sized (SMB) physician practices and hospitals. The data was collected form their computers - no survey and no questions were asked. The article is from WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) - a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts.

No survey, small sample space, no weighting based on number of male vs female docs = no basis for the conclusion.

Tnx for doing the research on the article that I have no way of knowing how to do. I asked this question in a post of mine from 2017.09.14 10:15. Now this is at least an answer to what I suspected, very bad and sloppy 'survey' techniques, probably weighted from the get go with a certain agenda to prove. Or just bad survey techniques and methodology and wildly inflated conclusions from little data.

That may be true, however a Guy may be more open and honest when questions are asked about there health when having a Female Doc

@gwhap said

IMHO if someone decides to change docs they are more likely to land on a male doc because there are more of them! (at least today)

No survey, small sample space, no weighting based on number of male vs female docs = no basis for the conclusion.

In other words, they are concluding that simply to have a male doctor implies a preference when there might actually be little choice.

This conclusion has no validity.

Https://www.athenahealth.com/insight/healthcare-future-female

This site says female doctor numbers are starting to become even with males.

Maybe it isn't so much lack of choice anymore.

IIRC, here in Canada there are more females in med school now than males.

Myself, I'm starting to think maybe males are better. I'm sick of my GP who is female. She doesn't listen and she's ROUGH with internal exams. If I hadn't been with her for 17 or so years and she knows me now and that I'm not a drug seeker etc, and if it was easier to find one taking new patients in my area, I'd seriously think about changing.

IIRC, here in Canada there are more females in med school now than males.

I’d be curious as to the proportion of males/females across specialities. No preconceived conclusions on my part / just curious. Not so much in med school - but in their residences following med school.

Https://www.athenahealth.com/insight/healthcare-future-female

This site says female doctor numbers are starting to become even with males.

Maybe it isn't so much lack of choice anymore.

That's why I qualified my statement that there are more male doctors (at least today). I'm not surprised if it is true that there are more female med students than male today. . But I don't know the objectivity, data sources for Athenahealth (an IT company) to draw all the conclusions they claim. Really don't care if the doctor is male or female - as long as they are qualified, and can relate with their patients. Almost all female docs and most male docs I've had were very good at listening and interacting with me; couple of male docs I would never go back to - egotistical assholes!!