I think Mike Moore made a point about that - but mentioning it causes the
'socialist health care' types to froth at the mouth.
It seems to be a requirement here that med students spend time in challenging
circumstances. One I know just got back from two months in a Ghanaian clinic
and another, an ex-student, has worked in an aboriginal community clinic every
summer break for three years.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 28/12/2010, at 5:39 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> I note that as a percentage of GDP, the US is #37, and Cuba is #1. (Indeed,
> for the money, Cuba is arguably the best place to get a medical education,
> but you are *required* to spend two years afterwards working in a third-world
> country... imagine how many blue-blood Harvard med school grads would put up
> with such a requirement... or even "ordinary" med school grads -- they're too
> worried about paying off their student loans.)
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