The best surgeon I ever worked with was Pakistani.
The best OBGYN I ever saw was West Indian.
The best cardiologist I ever worked with was Dravidian.
The problem is that the system of competitive exams with high failure rates has broken down, and nothing has taken its place.
The poster who wrote about Indian med schools is completely wrong-they are among the best in the world, just behind UK, Canada, US and Ireland.
However, they graduate everyone. The valedictorian from Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi can run rings around the average HMS grad-but the last one in that class shouldn't be allowed to practice even in India.
At least half of every US medical school class should not be allowed to graduate-perhaps 2/3.
As long as getting in and paying the tuition guarantees graduation, and as long as passing the USMLE gets a foreign grad a license, our quality problems can't be solved.
The old system of extreme stress training, extreme competition, and honor was invented by white males, but anyone from anywhere could play, and often did.
What do you think of decreasing the work hours of residents?