Pamela: Physicians training for a medical specialty serve as resident staff physicians in hospitals. They work such l...
ShannonOh22August 5, 2019
To clarify, B is correct
Mainly because it draws a comparison between the past and the present? ("than in the past")
Other than that, I don't see how the severity of illness has any affect on training for resident staff physicians, so this answer didn't jump out at me. I originally chose D because it indicates a variance in requirements for different doctors, but I see how this doesn't matter if there's no connection to or difference from the way things were before.
Can you please clarify if the above-stated reasons for B being the right answer are correct? Thanks!
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That's correct - (B) shows provides a reason to counter the assertion that just because something has worked well in the past, it still works well today. Since patients in the hospital are now, on average, more seriously ill, it is more likely they are more difficult to treat and more likely for a fatigued doctor to make a mistake. I agree that it is not the most intuitive or strongest response, but it demonstrates that Q's using the quality of care evidence from the past may no longer apply to the present conditions.
