Arkansas gets new rad onc residency program

[medgator]

Do you really want to defend using that nomenclature and use an editorial from one Japanese-America to make the case for it?

It's certainly not the most offensive term you could use to describe Asians, but certainly is obsolete and silly to show up in a job description. I think the op-ed nailed it perfectly

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[OTN]

Posts that make fun of small towns/suggest that no one in their right mind would want to work there play right into the hands of those who want residency expansion. Their argument of "we need a residency program in Arkansas so people will stay here and work" certainly seems stronger after one reads the disparaging remarks on this board about smaller towns.

 

[Gfunk6]

The nice thing about living on the coasts/Chicago is that even if you use individual countries to describe cuisine from Asia (e.g. Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Japanese) it may not be specific enough! When someone asks if I want to go to an Indian restaurant, my usual follow-up is "Hyderabadi or Malabari?"

 

[2014XRT]

The nice thing about living on the coasts/Chicago is that even if you use individual countries to describe cuisine from Asia (e.g. Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Japanese) it may not be specific enough! When someone asks if I want to go to an Indian restaurant, my usual follow-up is "Hyderabadi or Malabari?"

Do you really think being able to get something like authentic Hyderabadi Biryani or Schezuan-style Chinese cuisine is unique to just the coasts or Chicago?

Are you really that out of touch, man?

 

[Chartreuse Wombat]

Contempt for middle America? I guess it really is a thing /sarcasm

 

[Chartreuse Wombat]

You rose to the bait and did not disappoint, the only group that is acceptable to mock.

 

[kristofer]

Just part of our pitiful everything-is-racist everyone-is-special-except-rural-white-people-who-are-all-the-devil media propagated culture war. Nothing surprising in this noxious thread derailment by our esteemed colleague.

 

[Gfunk6]

Do you really think being able to get something like authentic Hyderabadi Biryani or Schezuan-style Chinese cuisine is unique to just the coasts or Chicago?

Are you really that out of touch, man?

Certainly not. Should’ve probably replaced with the term “large metros.” I lived in the Southeast for nearly a decade and would frequently visit Atlanta for authentic ethnic cuisine.

Didn’t think such an innocuous comment would generate such a negative response.

 

[Mandelin Rain]

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a city of >150k people that doesn't have at least one of each Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, and Mexican restaurant.

There are 173 such cities in America. They all have at least 1 linac. More than likely 2 or (many) more.

 

[Neuronix]

Whether they're any good or just bland, Americanized versions of the listed foods are an entirely different story.

 

[MDACCRules]

I think when your ad mentions all the types of churches that are available in town and then says "oriental appetites" you're signaling to a particular type of person, and that's fine. You're allowed to signal for the type of person you want to take over your practice - it seem as though the physician built a strong community center and wants whoever takes it over to thrive. Who's mocking middle America or has contempt? I posted because the ad wording was funny, and I thought it was curious that all the other ethnicities (American, Mexican, Italian) mentioned were capitalized, while oriental wasn't.

 

[2014XRT]

no doubt that the ad was funny, and that town probably is pretty homogenous, race-wise

it was more just that GFunk seemed to imply that only the coasts/Chicago had authentic and varying types of ethnic food. just wanted to make sure he knew that wasn't the case. no biggie!

 

[RickyScott]

that movie/Ned Beatty nails what residency expansion is doing to the future of our field.

 

[Neuronix]

We do not have EMR but that could be added if desired. I have developed a medical records and billing system which is Dragon based in Word Perfect which is deemed efficient by those who have served as locums for me.

Ok

 

[evilbooyaa]

Ok

LMAO. A rad onc practice that doesn't have EMR in this day and age is a terrifying proposition, at least to me.