So I was curious and looked up my pdoc's "rating" on vitals.com I was shocked to see it was mediocre overall. Then I read the rcomments and foiund out why. They were either extremely positive or extremely negative. There was no in between. Some of the negative ones made me laugh because unless my pdoc is outright rude to some patients (he never has been to me), I just can't see what the rater says as being true. Sure, I have had some "issues" (like when it was sprung on me that I would see his nurse practitioner instead of him), but I addressed those issues with him. I didn't go and post a negative comment on a rating site. Sure I posted about some of the issues to Psych Central, but no one knows his name here as I did not supply that when I was getting input. I just find it odd to go and post a bad rating based on one bad experience with a pdoc (or any other doctor for that matter).

I mentioned this to my mother who said, "Well these are mental patients rating him. Can you really trust a crazy person's opinion." This upset me greatly as I took it to mean that anyone who sees a pdoc is crazy in her mind, which means she thinks I am crazy. I did not like that comment one bit.

Anyways...does anyone else find humor in ratings for doctors on those doctor rating sites?