I doctored lonely and thought aloud
With all my patients’ woes and ills,
‘Til I found a website that vowed,
To improve my doctoring skills;
I’d choose whatever module pleased,
And press the buttons on my PC.
Or Mac if I was so inclined
And learn at any time of day,
Innumerable lessons all online,
I didn’t even have to pay:
Ten thousand answers right by chance,
To make my PDP enhanced.
The case vignettes were clear, but they
Were not like patients that I see;
So website bookmarks thrown away,
For lack of non-conformity!
It all looked flash — but little thought
Was needed for the credits sought:
Now I don’t want to even try
The biologically skewed
Questions, that have been formed by
Some computer boffin-dude;
No progress in consulting skills,
To help me, my patients, and their ills.
- © British Journal of General Practice 2013
