CV and mad panic behaviour

[Baggers]

I'd be digging a little deeper before I came to any conclusions based on anecdotes. Myself, my brother, and my wife have all been in the workforce a long time, and we've all had male and female managers (my brother works in the medical industry). Each of us can point to males and females that have been great, and also those that have been lousy.

Yep.

Reality is that health care workers (physical and mental health) are no different to motor mechanics, chefs, CEOs, builders, IT professionals, etc. They're all people and there are good and bad, regardless of how highly trained they are.

I could trot out anecdotes galore to support each side of the ledger.

I know a really experienced, highly trained clinical psychologist working at a major Melbourne hospital who I wouldn't send a cabbage to for help. I know a neurosurgeon working out of Cabrini who I wouldn't trust to operate on separating garlic cloves. Yet I know an Orthopaedic surgeon working out of Frankston Private, a Psychiatrist working out of the Albert Road Clinic, etc. who I'd recommend, easily, to my daughters. And the motor mechanic who services my chariot is a bloody ripper... and I've encountered breathtaking incompetence from some along the journey.

Shop around. Letters after someone's name are no guarantee at all.