[nuconvert]

Very long article, but well worth the read.(especially if your new M.D. graduated from one of these schools)

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Ping!

[DoughtyOne]

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.

[gcruse]

   Guess what Howard University in Washington
and Meharry Medical College in Nashville have in
common?

[Cathryn Crawford]

You want to look at this...

[knuthom]

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.

[yankeedame]

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.

[RLK]

That's scarey.

[jocon307]

"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?

[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

[lizma]

Although difficult to prove, several experts also theorized that racial bias by state medical boards and other regulatory agencies might lead to black physicians being viewed more skeptically than whites when disciplinary actions are meted out, skewing the results for both Howard and Meharry.

Well maybe or maybe Howard and Meharry feel their politcal agenda trumps a few patients lives.

[Intolerant in NJ]

The four schools differ in many ways, but the clearest common denominator is that most accept candidates who might have had trouble getting into other schools. For a variety of reasons - some noble, others more pragmatic - the schools have more flexible admissions standards than other institutions...from the article bump........

[RightOnline]

"The two U.S. schools, Howard and Meharry, have played a critical role in the history of American medical education, training generations of African American physicians when the doors to most schools were largely open only to whites. 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.

They are also among a handful of historically black institutions that attract students who often come from underprivileged backgrounds and may score lower on standardized tests."

Utter bulls**t.

OK, Black America, just how embarrassed are you at this? How many more excuses does black America need? Just how much longer can "black institutions" ride this hoary "we be disadvantaged" vehicle? Utter horses**t.

The truth is, it's things like this that continue to set back race relations in this country 20 years at a shot. Too many of us are tired of excuses for shoddiness, nonexistent academic performance, barely functional illiteracy, sky high illegitimacy, hugely disproportionate crime rates......and now, excuses for turning out "doctors" by the bucketful who'll kill you as soon as bill you.

Shame, people. Shame.

[appeal2]

Reminds me of that old joke, "What do you call the guy who graduated last from his medica school class?"


Doctor!!!

[Think free or die]

Very disturbing report. We encountered an outrageously incompetent ER doctor at a seashore hospital in NJ a few years ago when our then 3-year old son suddenly developed severe pain in his hip. We quickly decided to cut short our trip and took him to the ER at Philadelphia's Childrens' Hospital. It was a night and day difference in basic competence. The useless ER doc at the shore was from somewhere in Africa, barely spoke English, and appeared to know very little about much of anything. It is an outrage that people like this are permitted to practice medicine. It's a violation of the public trust.

[nutmeg]

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