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Agreed that working conditions are atrocious and have been for years. But getting new doctors domestically from scratch will take years, and the article argues
by golem14 6y ago
Agreed that working conditions are atrocious and have been for years. But getting new doctors domestically from scratch will take years, and the article argues that there’s just not enough time for that.
- syshum 6y agoThey have had said that for decades which was more than enough time to address the underlying issues. This will always be excuse "we have to act now, because X is terrible if we dont"
- Feolkin 6y agoThe problem with that line of thinking is how it creates systems like the H1-B and doesn't really solve the problem of "we aren't educating enough doctors". Instead of thinking both long-term and short-term, the solution that's chosen now to solve the problem becomes the permanent solution going forward, and the solution for now is attracting foreign doctors instead of fixing medical education locally.