Doctors who went to Caribbean medical schools or DOs

[Anonymous]

Comparing DOs and FMGs is laughable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately the very top academic medical centers take care of this problem for you. They don’t hire graduates of Caribbean schools, or DOs either. Lower tier places will but not the top echelon.

Sorry / not sorry if this offends all the advocates of mediocrity here who think that they know more about high performers in medicine than the top academic medical centers do.

This would be illegal since DOs have full practice rights in all 50 states since 1973.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Comparing DOs and FMGs is laughable.

Comparing Caribbean FMGs vs other FMGs is laughable. Caribbean MDs who are US citizens are by definition people who failed to get into a US medical school. Other FMGs who are actually from foreign countries vary: some are subpar but many are outstanding people who made it to the top of a competitive pile to come here and many had to retrain here to do so. I trained at three top medical centers that all had outstanding FMGs. But zero Caribbean graduates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fortunately the very top academic medical centers take care of this problem for you. They don’t hire graduates of Caribbean schools, or DOs either. Lower tier places will but not the top echelon.

Sorry / not sorry if this offends all the advocates of mediocrity here who think that they know more about high performers in medicine than the top academic medical centers do.

This would be illegal since DOs have full practice rights in all 50 states since 1973.

It’s not illegal, people can hire who they want to. You can’t be a Supreme Court clerk if you graduated from Podunk law school either. Elite institutions can hire who they think is best qualified and most promising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately the very top academic medical centers take care of this problem for you. They don’t hire graduates of Caribbean schools, or DOs either. Lower tier places will but not the top echelon.

Sorry / not sorry if this offends all the advocates of mediocrity here who think that they know more about high performers in medicine than the top academic medical centers do.

So now DOs are “mediocre?” Wow, who the hell do you think you are? Please tell us what illustrious medical school you graduated from since you are so obsessed with this. You probably aren’t even a doctor, but even if you were, I would rather see a DO anyway.

[Anonymous]

We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

That’s nice, but the best doctor I ever encountered in 50 years went to St. George’s, the worst went to Johns Hopkins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately the very top academic medical centers take care of this problem for you. They don’t hire graduates of Caribbean schools, or DOs either. Lower tier places will but not the top echelon.

Sorry / not sorry if this offends all the advocates of mediocrity here who think that they know more about high performers in medicine than the top academic medical centers do.

And being a “high performer in medicine” is based solely on where one went to school? You clearly know nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately the very top academic medical centers take care of this problem for you. They don’t hire graduates of Caribbean schools, or DOs either. Lower tier places will but not the top echelon.

Sorry / not sorry if this offends all the advocates of mediocrity here who think that they know more about high performers in medicine than the top academic medical centers do.

And being a “high performer in medicine” is based solely on where one went to school? You clearly know nothing.

No silly, it’s the reverse; where you went to school and trained are a result of being a high performer. Employers bet on winning horses not unproved wannabes. It’s true in every competitive white collar profession. And I dare say in every walk of life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately the very top academic medical centers take care of this problem for you. They don’t hire graduates of Caribbean schools, or DOs either. Lower tier places will but not the top echelon.

Sorry / not sorry if this offends all the advocates of mediocrity here who think that they know more about high performers in medicine than the top academic medical centers do.

And being a “high performer in medicine” is based solely on where one went to school? You clearly know nothing.

No silly, it’s the reverse; where you went to school and trained are a result of being a high performer. Employers bet on winning horses not unproved wannabes. It’s true in every competitive white collar profession. And I dare say in every walk of life.

You sound like an elitist insufferable snob who doesn’t have the mental bandwidth to see beyond black and white and therefore misses out on a lot. Best of luck to you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

That’s nice, but the best doctor I ever encountered in 50 years went to St. George’s, the worst went to Johns Hopkins.

Yes this thread and PPs who are against Caribbean med graduates is insane. My DH, a graduate of a Caribbean med school is a respected dr who is top in his specialty in our area. He just didn’t get into a US med school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

That’s nice, but the best doctor I ever encountered in 50 years went to St. George’s, the worst went to Johns Hopkins.

Yes this thread and PPs who are against Caribbean med graduates is insane. My DH, a graduate of a Caribbean med school is a respected dr who is top in his specialty in our area. He just didn’t get into a US med school.

It is really just rank snobbery and (ironically) an inability to think critically in the judgment of another person’s competence and intelligence. If someone has graduated, passed boards and completed a US residency, what is the problem?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

That’s nice, but the best doctor I ever encountered in 50 years went to St. George’s, the worst went to Johns Hopkins.

Yes this thread and PPs who are against Caribbean med graduates is insane. My DH, a graduate of a Caribbean med school is a respected dr who is top in his specialty in our area. He just didn’t get into a US med school.

It is really just rank snobbery and (ironically) an inability to think critically in the judgment of another person’s competence and intelligence. If someone has graduated, passed boards and completed a US residency, what is the problem?

There is a world of difference between passing and excelling. There’s a stigma associated with Caribbean schools whether you like it or not. You can keep working and try to surmount it, but institutions that rely on prestige for their brand are not required to accommodate your wishful thinking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

That’s nice, but the best doctor I ever encountered in 50 years went to St. George’s, the worst went to Johns Hopkins.

Yes this thread and PPs who are against Caribbean med graduates is insane. My DH, a graduate of a Caribbean med school is a respected dr who is top in his specialty in our area. He just didn’t get into a US med school.

It is really just rank snobbery and (ironically) an inability to think critically in the judgment of another person’s competence and intelligence. If someone has graduated, passed boards and completed a US residency, what is the problem?

There is a world of difference between passing and excelling. There’s a stigma associated with Caribbean schools whether you like it or not. You can keep working and try to surmount it, but institutions that rely on prestige for their brand are not required to accommodate your wishful thinking.

Again, the Step exams are PASS/FAIL. The most anyone, whether they went to Harvard Medical School or a school in the Caribbean, is PASS. If you knew anything about this process, you would know that. You are just flexing your weird obsessive snobbery despite knowing nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We spend much time researching a $20 Amazon purchase or where to get our car repaired. I spend much more time researching credentials of anyone providing medical care to me and family members. Yes…I avoid Caribbean docs - and it dies not matter one bit where they completed the residency. Almost everyone I know does the same.

That’s nice, but the best doctor I ever encountered in 50 years went to St. George’s, the worst went to Johns Hopkins.

Yes this thread and PPs who are against Caribbean med graduates is insane. My DH, a graduate of a Caribbean med school is a respected dr who is top in his specialty in our area. He just didn’t get into a US med school.

Your hubby is late bloomer....how's that for a consolation prize?