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Med Schools: Four That Flunk
Hartford Courant ^ | 6-29-03 | By JACK DOLAN And ANDREW JULIEN, Courant Staff Writers

Posted on 06/29/2003 7:55:55 PM PDT by nuconvert

Med Schools: Four That Flunk June 29, 2003 By JACK DOLAN And ANDREW JULIEN, Courant Staff Writers

Idaho regulators investigating complaints involving 12 patients revoked Dr. Brent E. Woodfield's license after concluding that he didn't understand "the basic principles of the practice of medicine."

For Dr. Anacleto Capua, accused of misdiagnosing fatal conditions in three patients, refresher medical courses were recommended by Florida authorities concerned about his medical skills.

Hitting the books might have helped Dr. Narpat Panwar, who flunked the U.S. medical licensing exam seven times before passing - only to be accused later in New York of botching a childbirth so badly the newborn suffered brain damage.

Besides a slippery grasp of the basics, these physicians share another bond: They graduated from a handful of medical schools that produce troubled doctors at about 10 times the rate of the best schools, an eight-month Hartford Courant investigation has found.

The schools - the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico, Howard University in Washington, Manila Central University in the Philippines and Meharry Medical College in Nashville - ranked at the bottom in separate analyses of three databases containing records of disciplinary actions against thousands of physicians across the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at ctnow.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: africanamerican; black; doctor; doctors; drs; education; howarduniversity; internship; malpractice; med; medical; medicalschool; medicine; medschool; physician; quack; quackery; residency; school; training
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Very long article, but well worth the read.(especially if your new M.D. graduated from one of these schools)
1 posted on 06/29/2003 7:55:55 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nickcarraway
Ping!
2 posted on 06/29/2003 8:02:45 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: nuconvert
About twenty years ago the University of Guadalajara in Mexico seemed to have a pretty good program. I wonder if that is true or it just went down hill.
3 posted on 06/29/2003 8:09:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Vote RIPublican in 2004: Socialism's kinder gentler party: "We will leave no wallet left behind!")
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To: nuconvert
   Guess what Howard University in Washington
and Meharry Medical College in Nashville have in
common?
4 posted on 06/29/2003 8:09:51 PM PDT by gcruse (There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women[.] --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: ValenB4
You want to look at this...
5 posted on 06/29/2003 8:10:36 PM PDT by Cathryn Crawford (http://cathryncrawford.blogspot.com)
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To: gcruse
black
6 posted on 06/29/2003 8:11:46 PM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: gcruse
Watch out :) The Affirmative Action Police will be at your door....
7 posted on 06/29/2003 8:12:41 PM PDT by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: nuconvert
I doubt that anything will be done about the two US schools because their students are primarily a protected class. The practice is to hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil about these schools.
8 posted on 06/29/2003 8:13:07 PM PDT by knuthom
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To: nuconvert
Besides a slippery grasp of the basics, these physicians share another bond: They graduated from a handful of medical schools that produce troubled doctors at about 10 times the rate of the best schools....

...And they all worked in military clinics handling military retirees and their spouces.

9 posted on 06/29/2003 8:13:13 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
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To: Cathryn Crawford
The docs from these schools have been commonly known for years to be notorious quacks. It is probably actionable from a malpractice perspective to hire these losers at your hospital.

Equally horrific are graduates of medical schools in the Russia, China (except Hong Kong), Haiti, and many other third world hell-holes. India grads are a mixed lot: many are OK, some are bad news, most are greedy, mean, and condescending to patients.

10 posted on 06/29/2003 8:17:09 PM PDT by friendly ((Badges?, we don gots to show no stinkin' badges!))
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To: nuconvert
That's scarey.
11 posted on 06/29/2003 8:17:54 PM PDT by RLK
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To: gcruse
If I didn't know before, it says in the article.

"There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women"

Interesting with your comment.
12 posted on 06/29/2003 8:18:36 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: txzman
Watch out :) The Affirmative Action Police will be at your door....

----------------

More likely at your grave.

13 posted on 06/29/2003 8:19:30 PM PDT by RLK
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To: gcruse
From Meharry's website
Mission True to its heritage, Meharry Medical College exists to provide excellent education and training in the health sciences with a special focus on providing opportunities to promising African-Americans and other under-represented ethic minority students.
Anyone know how much state and fed funding Meharry and Howard receive annually?
14 posted on 06/29/2003 8:21:55 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: nuconvert
"Doctors trained at these schools have gone on to provide care for many who were being turned away by hospitals or physicians that refused to treat minorities."

I'm sorry, what country is this talking about? Are minorities turned away from Hospitals? Not to my knowledge.

How soon before the author of this is story is force to do the "I'm so sorry" back step?


15 posted on 06/29/2003 8:28:58 PM PDT by jocon307 (You think I exagerate? You don't know the half of it!)
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To: nuconvert
One of my favorite lines:

Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of health research for Public Citizen, a Washington-based consumer group...

"Maybe this means that it's worth requiring that anyone practicing medicine in this country had adequate preparation before medical school."

D U H
16 posted on 06/29/2003 8:30:00 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert
I do not believe society has rights.
I do not believe groups have rights.
These two universities are turning out
inferior graduates because some believe
this group of people should tolerate
relaxed standards for the good of society.
17 posted on 06/29/2003 8:30:47 PM PDT by gcruse (There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women[.] --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: jocon307
I think they were talking about in the past.
18 posted on 06/29/2003 8:31:29 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: gcruse
A mind is a terrible thig to waste?
19 posted on 06/29/2003 8:33:06 PM PDT by Atchafalaya
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To: Atchafalaya
A mind is a terrible thig to waste?

Heh.  Reluctant to use 'n's?
You know, with the 'f' word, the 'n' word
and the 'c' word, we're well on our way
to spelling France.
20 posted on 06/29/2003 8:36:11 PM PDT by gcruse (There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women[.] --Margaret Thatcher)
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