Why do doctors have such bad handwriting?

[j.]

Why do doctors have such bad handwriting?

 

[frustrated]

Because their brains have been rotting due to the authoritarian nature of their years of training and work.

 

[frustrated]

Or, it could be that it's just a myth. http://www.bmj.com/content/313/7072/1657

You don't see the handwriting of people in various other professions, so it's just a cognitive bias. People in general just have terrible handwriting.

 

[Jenn]

I have terrible handwriting.....I blame it on being able to think faster than I can write.

 

[xiaohua]

Because their brains have been rotting due to the authoritarian nature of their years of training and work.

Hehe

What prompted this question? Is there any significance to having bad handwriting? Perhaps when your thyroid is functioning properly your writing improves?