Path to United States Practice Is Long Slog to Foreign Doctors

[flexdent11]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/b...reign-doctors-to-practice-in-us.html?hp&_r=1&

As the article points out, the problem is the number of residency training positions that are available, not the number of medical school slots. As long as Medicare funding for residency training remains frozen, nothing will really change and the residency bottleneck will only worsen. Increasing Medicare funding for residency positions would require more federal spending, which, of course, no one is really interested in doing.😕

 

[HoboCommander]

The alternative is to cut the hours of resident training in order to train a greater number of total residents. Got to balance quality of care with accessibility of care to middle class Americans.

 

[Guyton Killah]

What a demoralizing article! So what are we supposed to do now? Pop out more $$$ into the usmles. Or forget about the american dream?

 

[HoboCommander]

It is simply not true that any foreign doctor can just come and work. The medical standard of care is different in every country, the hospital/clinic system is different, the culture is different. Residency training can't just be skipped. Even with residency training, there's still the issue of language fluency and cultural awareness.

It would also mess up the salary of existing physicians in the country, making it hard to pay back loan money. We need these inflated salaries to pay for the 12 years of training.

 

[Brain Bucket]

It is simply not true that any foreign doctor can just come and work. The medical standard of care is different in every country, the hospital/clinic system is different, the culture is different. Residency training can't just be skipped. Even with residency training, there's still the issue of language fluency and cultural awareness.

It would also mess up the salary of existing physicians in the country, making it hard to pay back loan money. We need these inflated salaries to pay for the 12 years of training.

🙄 😀

 

[notbobtrustme]

What a demoralizing article! So what are we supposed to do now? Pop out more $$$ into the usmles. Or forget about the american dream?

American dream isn't going to a non-accredited school overseas with no oversight from the ACGME and expecting to practice in this country.

If you want to practice in America, go to school in America. The USA, by far, is the most lenient country for foreign doctors to practice in in the developed world. Practicing medicine from a foreign degree is a privilege the US has offered, not a right nor a guarantee.

 

[001100010010011]

Get this thread out of this forum.

 

[DrNightMoves]

Get this thread out of this forum.

agreed

 

[voicesinmyhead]

Practicing medicine from a foreign degree is a privilege the US has offered, not a right nor a guarantee.

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well said!

 

[Dharma]

Get this thread out of this forum.

👍 Where are the mods? Should be in the TIH forum...

 

[Brain Bucket]

American dream isn't going to a non-accredited school overseas with no oversight from the ACGME and expecting to practice in this country.

If you want to practice in America, go to school in America. The USA, by far, is the most lenient country for foreign doctors to practice in in the developed world. Practicing medicine from a foreign degree is a privilege the US has offered, not a right nor a guarantee.

In b4 I say something I'm going to regret.

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[Instatewaiter]

They took errrr jobbbs!