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What convinces you of that, im curious.
by wreath 5y ago
What convinces you of that, im curious.
- rscho 5y agoI'm an MD and have worked on both sides of the pond. That said, I clearly have a negative bias against the US system stemming from (bad) personal experience. What I can say objectively is that US docs are educated to be hyperspecialists. They do their thing, and their thing only and often have very narrow general medical knowledge. Europeans usually are more well-rounded, but that tends to backfire in smaller countries where there aren't enough cases to become truly expert.
- systemvoltage 5y ago> What I can say objectively is that US docs are educated to be hyperspecialists. They do their thing, and their thing only and often have very narrow general medical knowledge. This is an absurdly bold claim. How do you go from a personal experience to being in the position to make sweeping claims like this?
- rscho 5y agoWell yes, it's personal experience. However, for me everything from study material to situational context to interaction with peers pointed to that being the case. Be free to make what you want of it.
- wreath 5y agoThanks for elaborating. What I was interested in is German-educated vs American-educated doc but you generalized it to Europeans as well. My experience with German doctors is that they are generally dismissive and would rather do the bare minimum. I cannot assess their technical competence but Id rather go to a non-German doctor. This hasnt been my experience in Croatia, France or Poland. No clue about American docs.
- darkwizard42 5y agoThe control over healthcare supply is pretty obvious given how limited the seats are each year for residency and matching process. It is entirely controlled by a system that has a cap on how many can go through to the next stage of mandatory post-med school training...