[doc1019]

Not the question … even if I paid for the … could they pass?

[Calpernia]

Well, are you referring to the doctors in my post or the Cuban doctors from the article?

[Atchafalaya]

They would rely more on the complaint, history/signs/symptoms and good physicals. Here, that is part of the chart, but the docs can't wait for the myriad lab results they've ordered. A Cuban doc would go orgasmic and croak if he could see what he could order here at Charity in Baton Rouge.
To pass boards here:
Maybe not, but the training advantages and options are so different.
My Dad always said that the practice of medicine is an art, not a science...and that is so true.
In that vein I'm sure some could do quite well here.

[SC DOC]

Foreign Medical Graduates take certification exams through the ECFMG (Educational Commision for Foreign Medical Graduations). As seen in this breakdown of the United States Medical Licensing Exam , Foreign Medical Graduates have less than 1/2 the pass rate as US medical graduates. Cuba has a 25% pass rate on the first attempt ( Seywell RM, Studnick J, Bean JA, Ludke R. A performance comparison: USMG-FMG house staff physicians. Amer. Journal Public Health 1980;70(1):23-28.)