Clerks & PGIs being errand runners are the reason why GPs are "hilaw"
Clerks are made to do the jobs of medtechs & nurses, PGIs halos the same depending on the institution you train in. I think we should shift away from looking at clerks & interns as labor augmentation and more like having an actual sense of responsibility in training future MDs, lalo na at PLE lang naman talaga ang stopping point ng license
I've been through clerkship & internship, and I think I learn more when I sit in a room and read my books & guidelines. Granted mas "sticky" yung learnings pag nakita ko yung case. Pero swerte nalang kung malaman yung mga conferences ng department. Most of the time, trabaho namin e mga bagay na di naman talaga dapat job description ng GPs or residents, literal taga encode, print, extract, linya, pakuha ng gamit, food deliveries ng residente, etc.
MDs should be the experts of diagnostics (Hx/Pe) & management. But I barely see hospitals involving clerks & interns on these processes at all.
Mostly, vitals at brief history lang tas pasa sa residente. Mag-aantay ka lang ng orders kung anong rx at labs isusulat. Minsan may pa revalida pero yun na yon. Sa ward naman di mo nasusundan yung pasyente, nag-aantay lang ng orders.
I wish PRC, CHED, & APMC gave more emphasis on training future doctors for the actual job of MDs, di yung panapal lang sa staff shortage ng ospital.