Posted by matt on 12/10/05 15:35

Erland,

Thank you for your supporting statement. It is obvious from my post
that I do not have any formal training in IT, however, I do have a very
real problem that can be improved with a clever IT solution. My formal
training is as a surgeon and I am trying to catalog medical devices to
allow other surgeons to best choose the right tool for the job. And, I
assure you that when patients come into my office, I DO NOT tell them
that they have a complete misunderstanding of anatomy and disease and
that they should take a year's worth of classes before they consult me
again.

I am trying to solve a problem, not impress people with the purity of
my code.

Perhaps you should be less concerned with adhering to rules someone
else taught you and more interested in creative solutions that solve
real world problems.

Erland, thank you for the link. It's a good place to start.

Thank you,

Matthew Weiner, MD
Department of Surgery
Univ. of Maryland Medical Center

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