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I've read that it's largely the residency system (which, from the outside, feels more like hazing than training) that limits positions, and I don't think that's
by 0xcde4c3db 3y ago
I've read that it's largely the residency system (which, from the outside, feels more like hazing than training) that limits positions, and I don't think that's under any direct control by the AMA. Wikipedia says it's mostly funded by Medicare.
- dontupvoteme 3y agoThe residency system is insane, iirc was founded by a guy who was constantly on coke and then took heroin to sleep. Then that became the standard.
- xigency 3y agoIt’s an incredibly dangerous and unethical practice that is universal in US hospitals.
- AbrahamParangi 3y agoThe AMA lobbies to keep the supply of residency slots restricted* in 1997 the AMA successfully lobbied to freeze the funding for new residency slots at 1996 levels. Lobbying by the AMA is also no small part of why it's so hard for a foreign-born doctor to practice medicine in the US. *although in the face of the incredible pressure they're about to face from AI they may be opening up