July 14, 2008
Today I spent the day in the great town of Newton, MA at the edubloggercon before the Alan November Conference. In many ways (and I say this with lots of love) it was an edtech therapy session. I think I was one of two(?) classroom teachers present. Alot of the conversation revolved around and came back to how to get other teachers aboard the 2.0 train. The day gave me a few ideas for posts which will come in the next few days. On my drive home I was trying to come up with an analogy for a question that no one asked–maybe because it would cross some kind of “line.” So I leave you with this analogy and look forward to posting some thoughts from the conference in the next couple of weeks–and maybe I will ask the question instead of hiding it in a cryptic analogy…
Doctor=tech ed staff
Patient=teachers
If a doctor is called in to to help a patient who is ailing and the patient dies after treatment there are two possible reasons.
1-Doctor gives the wrong treatment and the patient dies — Doctor’s fault
2-Doctor gives the right treatment and the patient dies — not doctor’s fault
Why did the patient die despite being given the right treatment?
July 15th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Hey Mr Paul
Firstly, thanks for your comment, I replied back to you on my blog if you want to see!!
Okay, now that was some post, and an interesting one that you don’t come up on every day. What I think for your questions, my ANSWERS are:
If a doctor is called in to to help a patient who is ailing and the patient dies after treatment what are the two possible reasons?
Well, I have to go with Number 2 because Doctors go through this alot.. they give the RIGHT medication, but sometimes it is just NOT enough for the patient because their time has come and there is no running away from Death. So to summarize, the doctor, tried with the suitable medication, but the patient died either way, whether wrong medicine or suitable.
Next question:Why did the patient die despite being given what they needed?
Well, I have answered it in the above answer, he died because his time of life was up and nothing could help him now. As for everyone, when your lifetime is up, you cannot survive or escape.
Hope you liked my answers??
July 15th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Thanks Nadine, I see after reading your comment that I made a small typo in the post that would affect comments and have slightly changed the wording of the question.
For anyone reading this comment, please visit Nadines blog. She is a student from Australia(o’ I really hope I have that right!) that has a blog and a posse of readers and folks that comment that would make many long-time bloggers envious.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I’m glad you got a little ed-tech frenzy, even though you couldn’t make it to NECC. But we have a date in DC09, don’t we?
In the case of edtech doctor and teacher patient, I think that often the doctor, if s/he diagnoses correctly, doesn’t always do follow up appointments on a regular basis. Sure, it’s a little bit the patient’s responsibility, but also the doctor’s duty to be sure to do as many follow up sessions as possible.
Because health (and not simply illness) is a partnership between doctor and patient where the doctor has to KNOW the patient (the history, the fears, the readiness), neither of your two scenarios completes the picture.
But because this comment is going on and on, I’ll close it. Like the thinking that’s started, but want to see you really come out with it. Because I learned a LOT about “doctors” when I was in San Antonio.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Hey Mr Paul
I am glad you think I am special and that people would envy my blogging, that is why I love to comment on your blog, you handle your commenters so well…. You haven’t gotten it wrong actually, I am from Australia. Have about you Mister?
Thanks for actually mentioning me those visitors of yours, it touches me to see a teacher speak of me this way!!
It is fine to do a typo in the post!! It happens…
July 20th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Mr Paul, I have one more question,
How do I participate in the Comment-Challenge? Just me by myself as a personal student? Could you help me out and send me some instructions please? That would be awesome, thanks for everything.
Nadine