In reality mao baya pud ni Belle nga daghan minority nga doctor kay sa white. I mean daghan Filipino,Pakistani,Iranian,ug Chinese,Japanese nga doctor sa E.R nga dili medyo E.R you know what I mean. Sa tinuod lang mas confident jud ko ug mga white ug black doctor kaysa gipangmention nako above. Puro man white among doctor pero ug naa gani trip sa E.R nga dili kaayo E.R unya ang mogawas Indian/Iranian ug uban pa, patay magngijaw na ahong nawong ana. Twice na ko na mess up ug Indian/ Pakistani nga anesthesiologist. Akong bana naa siyay major surgery nga na mess up sa Filipino Doctor pwede kaayo namo to siya kasuhan pero dili na mabalik jud bisan pa bayran mi sa damage mao ang Ginoo nay nasayod.
Dili man sa ingon racist ni nga comment gi base ra jud ni nako sa personal experience nga mamili mi ug white doctors over asian decent. Diri sa among area daghan kaayo white doctors pero ug naa gani ka trip sa E.R nga late night pag expect nga asian mga doctor moatiman nimo.
For the record ang Pediatrician sa akong mga anak Filipina ug maayo siya nga doctor plus siya sad akong dermatologist hehehhe.My kids love her.
Interesting point, Raquel.
This is not known to many Americans, but the medical system in the United States is teeter-tottering, you know. We have a massive patient base over over 305 Million Americans, and very few doctors that are graduating medical school, which has been a trend in the last decade. The Medical System is overstretched. That is why the USMLE and the ECFMG Medical Licensing Boards are allowing more importation of foreign-trained Doctors into the country to fill in the ranks and the spots that are not filled.
The trend in medicine nowadays, especially amongst American Medical Students is going into specialty training. Most American Medical Students/ Doctors go into specialty areas such as: Surgery (General, Reconstructive, Bariatric, Orthopaedic, Pediatric), Anaesthesiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Radiology, ENT, Pulmonology, Neurology etc etc. And as a result of this, the primary care spots are left open. Primary care spots include: Pediatrics, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pyschiatry, Cardiology, ER, Critical Care Medicine etc.
So, as a result, most foreign doctors that patriate into the United States end up getting primary care residencies. Many of them are sent to the rural regions of the United States~~ North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Colorado, Montana, etc etc. Because most American Grads are getting residencies in the highly competitive regions such as the urban areas (NYC, LA, PHILLY, BOSTON, DETROIT, HOUSTON etc etc). As it stands tho, the United States imports about 10,000 Foreign Doctors every year because of the medical situation. We simply don't have enough doctors. Not enough. That is why the role of nurses has increased in order to supplement the limited doctors graduating medicine in the united states every year. That is why we have NP (nurse practitioners), PA (physicians assistants), CRNAs (certified registered nurse anesthetists) in order to complement and augment the medical system.
In defense of the foreign doctors tho, I do hold alot of them with high regard and respect because in order for them to come to the 'states, they not only have to pass the national boards in their country, but have to pass the stringent USMLE (united states medical licensing exams and the national boards) as well as pass the ECFMG boards to even be qualified. And after that, then are sent to do residency training in the united states. So the new ones are highly qualified. Depends on person to person tho, we all know that.
For me, I know alot of Filipino Doctors that are practicing in the hospital where I rotated and in the hospitals that my parents work in. Graduates of prestigious school such as UPCM (University of Philippines College of Medicine) and UECM (University of the East College of Medicine) and the well known USTSOM (University of Santo Tomas School of Medicine). These guys, in my opinion, are damn fine physicians.
They are precise in their surgical procedures and techniques, and are always in time. I have seen a Dr. Villalobos, who is a Gastroenterologist in the hospital that i did my preceptorship in a couple of years ago...he was a graduate of UST, and was training American medical students, one of whom was already a 4th year resident and still making mistakes. Dr. VIllalobos embarassed him for his lack of skills in the diagnosis, he said, "You rotated with me for the pas 4 years and you still cannot perform a decent cholonoscopy? I will not sign your papers at all!" Strikto kaayo ning PILIPINONG DOCTOR.
IMHO, Philippine Medical Schools train better than American schools. Because by the time the filipino medical students start rotation, they already known surgical measures; and are already engrossed in clinical experience starting their 2nd year. In the United States, we do not start till our 3rd year, aside from hospital volunteering.
Highly respected and Highly educated ning Filipino when it comes to Medicine or Nursing.
We dominate the medical work force in the United States.
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