22 Apr
2011
22 Apr
'11
5:15 p.m.
On 22 Apr 2011 at 16:36, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
But is there a good alternate solution other than
shorter shifts?
Here's the potential downsides:
- Lower number of cases seen, requiring either a
protracted residency
or accepting less skilled graduates. The former seems better than the
latter except when you realize how few doctors the American medical
school system actually produces, in addition to the real cost of
residents having to defer their debts longer.
I suppose that's why we get them from Nigeria, where the government
pays the entire cost of training. The US could do worse to do the
same. I'm not convinced that the AMA has my best interests at heart.
Why not train a surplus of qualified people? When the lead surgeon
on a long procedure is getting woozy, why not pass the job off onto
someone equally qualified rather than trying to tough it out?
--Chuck