Some folk struggling to understand what this "debate" is all about may not be aware of the age-old battle (turf wars) - in British hospitals, at least - between "biomed" and "medical physics" (and, usually to a lesser extent, "Estates").
In other places I have worked (overseas), the Health Physicists just got on with their own work (radiation physics, and the like) and left us biomeds to get on with ours.
@Rallium: yes, one of the strengths of the "biomed community" has always been (well, back in my day, at least) that almost every biomed you came across was "ex" something else. And (touching once again on Sean's theme of Leadership) one of the joys of "team building" was discovering, and then making best use of, the latent talent within whatever bunch (group) of guys you were lumbered (do I mean
blessed?) with.
Over the years I have worked with some real dumb [censored], but also quite a few Genius Guys as well. But all had their place; it was just a matter of finding what they were good at - where their contribution could be made - setting them to work, and then keeping a close eye on them. In other words,
managing them properly. Quickly scanning my memory banks now, I only recall ever actively getting rid of
one guy (who, in my opinion, was not only a "no-hoper", but - worse still in my mind - a complete charlatan). Others were simply "eased out" (let go) as opportunities for a cull arose.
Paper qualifications have generally offered insufficient clues to a bloke's usefulness, in my experience. In fact I recall one case where the most highly qualified guy on the team (according to the certificates he produced - and certainly well above anything I could claim for myself) was in fact the most useless [censored] of the whole lot. And I never
did get rid of him.
Like you it seems, I'm not convinced that the VRCT idea makes any inroads (or improvements) into Real World stuff like that.
