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WCDT strips 3836-3840 (24 to 28 September 2018)
Morituri:
Yeah, I also learnt that perfect engineer's printing, although not in school. It was never taught us in my own discipline, but in my discipline we have source code (and cryptographic keys, and passwords), and the distinctions between different glyphs can become very very important.
There used to be a lot of jokes about the difference between engineers (incredibly precise) hand printing and doctors' (stereotypically incomprehensible) handwriting. Much of the angst against doctors' handwriting was misplaced, though; In medical school, they used to teach future doctors (for reasons unknown to me) to write their prescriptions in Latin. People who couldn't read it reached the conclusion that it was illegible.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: mesterio on 02 Oct 2018, 04:15 ---Haven't seen Winslow in a while...or did he go with Hannalor? I feel like i'm forgetting something.
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Welcome, new person!
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: Morituri on 02 Oct 2018, 11:51 ---Yeah, I also learnt that perfect engineer's printing, although not in school. It was never taught us in my own discipline, but in my discipline we have source code (and cryptographic keys, and passwords), and the distinctions between different glyphs can become very very important.
There used to be a lot of jokes about the difference between engineers (incredibly precise) hand printing and doctors' (stereotypically incomprehensible) handwriting. Much of the angst against doctors' handwriting was misplaced, though; In medical school, they used to teach future doctors (for reasons unknown to me) to write their prescriptions in Latin. People who couldn't read it reached the conclusion that it was illegible.
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The idea was that you could take a prescription in Latin to any pharmacist, anywhere, and they'd be able to make up the right prescription. Even if you can't understand them.
There used to be a time that illegible, messy script was a sign of the idle rich, signalling that they had both the leisure to write, and no need to do it professionally. At the time, there were also advertisements for scribes offering courses in the different kinds of professional script.
Storel:
--- Quote from: Morituri on 02 Oct 2018, 11:51 ---Much of the angst against doctors' handwriting was misplaced, though; In medical school, they used to teach future doctors (for reasons unknown to me) to write their prescriptions in Latin. People who couldn't read it reached the conclusion that it was illegible.
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They probably haven't taught doctors to write prescriptions in Latin for at least a hundred years, and trust me, doctors' handwriting is still extremely illegible. My wife the ex-nurse can testify to that. The main problem seems to be that doctors do so much writing that they write as quickly as possible, a habit which has extremely detrimental effects on legibility.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Storel on 04 Oct 2018, 00:33 ---
--- Quote from: Morituri on 02 Oct 2018, 11:51 ---Much of the angst against doctors' handwriting was misplaced, though; In medical school, they used to teach future doctors (for reasons unknown to me) to write their prescriptions in Latin. People who couldn't read it reached the conclusion that it was illegible.
--- End quote ---
They probably haven't taught doctors to write prescriptions in Latin for at least a hundred years, and trust me, doctors' handwriting is still extremely illegible. My wife the ex-nurse can testify to that. The main problem seems to be that doctors do so much writing that they write as quickly as possible, a habit which has extremely detrimental effects on legibility.
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All mine moved to computer printed 'scripts a while ago, but for the past year of so everything's been sent to the pharmacy electronically. Mrs. Goat RN agrees, the doctor with legible handwriting is a rare beast indeed. Nothing like a large malpractice settlement pay-out for a disastrous medication error to change long standing custom real quick.
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