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Still, 1:1? Please.
by ein0p 2y ago
Still, 1:1? Please.
- whoisburbansky 2y agoI mean, if you tack on a hospital to a university, the correct denominator to compare against is "patients served," not "students educated," at least for the portion of the headcount you're sticking in the numerator.
- jhbadger 2y agoHospitals attached to universities aren't in general "tacked on" but are a part of the educational environment. They exist not only to serve patients but to educate students.
- whoisburbansky 2y agoNo, of course, but is the primary focus of the bulk of the staff educational or patient care? Seems disingenuous to pretend it's the former just to make a point.
- naijaboiler 2y agoIn the US, many Medical schools are schools only in the technical definition of schools. In reality they are more like research and medical centers that also do a bit of teaching on the side. Staff to students ratio could easily be in excess of 10:1 A little over a decade ago, I remember Dean of a top medical school I attended showing the budget of the medical school. Tuition was like 5% or of the entire med school revenue and budget. I remember raising my hand and asking the Dean if tuition was so little, why not just make it free. He gave me a death stare and just danced around the question.
- ein0p 2y agoHow come the ratio was so much lower before? Could it be the (mostly useless) administrative positions?
- afthonos 2y agoThe parenthetical is doing most of the lifting in that sentence.
- ein0p 2y agoIt's also true. Source: one of my kids is in college right now.
- mlyle 2y agoIn this case, you've been refuted by an explanation that the growth is almost entirely at the school of medicine, and most of that increase has been in staff that are providing care. And you're continuing to advance the point anyways.
- afthonos 2y agoThe post you responded to was about how medical schools are “schools” in name only. You may be correct that administrators are useless, but your kid’s experience, assuming they are in medical school is not really evidence because they don’t see more than a sliver of what the school does (and needs to do, by law).