Comforting thought /s
My DH and I figure we will take care of ourselves until we are too senile, then it doesn’t matter anymore...
I seriously don’t know where the rest of the country will go for good medical care. Obamacare will send most of the good docs packing and most of the rest will retire in the next 10 years or so. 80% of the docs we interview now for openings are foreign grads (don’t get me wrong, some are excellent) and I don’t see any change in that trend in the near future.
” 80% of the docs we interview now for openings are foreign grads (don’t get me wrong, some are excellent) and I don’t see any change in that trend in the near future. “
Having had experience with Doctors who couldn’t understand what I was telling them - and I couldn’t understand what they were telling me — I don’t find this to be a particularly comforting trend....
I've seen more of the medical system, from a patients point of view, than most people, from six weeks in a charity surgical ward at age 15 while race riot were raging a few blocks away, to some of the finest specialty surgeons in the country.
I've also seen some great pre-med students while attending a small private college. A former roommate is currently CEO of a major medical school and hospitals. Another classmate won the Nobel in physics. My own pre-med studies suffered because of my chronic illness and lack of stamina for the rigorous schedule.
I have had a number of foreign doctors who were quite good but have had serious problems with communication. I judge a new doctor initially on the basis of their history taking, and dismiss those who are brief and cursory. But I agree with you that foreign grads will be the future. All I have to do is look at the math and science skills of our public schools and those in Asia.