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In a study that goes against common sense, patients are becoming worse off under the care of experienced doctors than when newcomers to medicine looked after them, Reuters reports.

According to findings in the American Journal of Medicine, patients whose doctors had practiced for at least 20 years stayed longer in the hospital and were more likely to die compared to those whose doctors got their medical license in the past five years.

The results highlight "issues that we have as a medical profession in keeping up to date" with the latest medical knowledge, said Dr. Niteesh Choudhry of Harvard Medical School.

Most of the older doctors in the current study are presently exempt from having to take recertification tests. Dr. Steven Weinberger, CEO of the American College of Physicians said, "It is important for physicians to stay as current as possible."

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醫生不興“姜是老的辣”

???????路透社消息，一項挑戰常理的研究發現，老醫生治療的住院病人，竟然比入行不久的新醫生所治療的病人，更難看到好轉跡象。

???????發表在《美國醫學雜志》的研究成果顯示，與取得醫師資格證不到五年的醫生相比，擁有20年以上臨床經驗的醫生所照料的病人，住院時間更長，更容易死亡。

???????美國哈佛醫學院的尼特森·喬杜里博士稱，這項結果凸顯了我們醫生界存在的問題，那就是如何與時俱進，掌握最新醫療知識。

???????調查發現，時下許多老醫生都不再參加換發醫師資格證的考試。美國醫師協會首席執行官史蒂文·溫伯格博士說：“醫生要盡可能更新知識體系，這點至關重要。”

(China.org.cn July 19, 2011)