Caribbean Medical Schools

increasing in popularity

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/those-caribbean-medical-schools-are-looking-more-and-more-attractive/2017/02/23/c0cccdf4-f856-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html?utm_term=.e7a3cf38f7d3

 

I wish I could read it. It's saying you have to be a subscriber.

 

For some reason, I didn't get a "paywall," Abner, but as you did, here are two other sources of the same article.

Those Caribbean medical schools are looking more and more attractive – News

Those Caribbean medical schools are looking more and more attractive - NewsOdy

Hope this helps.

J.

 

I was able to read it.

 

That's weird. Sometimes I can view WP articles easily, and sometimes it says "must be a paid subscriber". Weird. It sucks because I like The WP.

 

Thanks! I really like the first article:

"Over the course of an hour-long appointment, retired carpenter José Luis Garcia, 69, doesn’t just get the exam he was expecting. Bajwa also draws him a detailed diagram to explain how blood sugar levels work. They discuss — thanks to Bajwa’s fluent Spanish — what’s causing stress in Garcia’s life, including his wife’s recent brain surgery. At the end, Bajwa offers a hug."

“This is a very great doctor,” Garcia tells McFarling. “Normally, I don’t feel important.”

Mr. Bajwa sounds like a good doctor, and a very nice man. :smile:

 

Here it is: Wiadomo

 

Wiadomo. I like that the sound of that. It's amazing how much you can learn every day. Only a very stupid foolish man believes there is nothing new left to learn. I strive to learn something new everyday, and everyone has something to teach, from a beggar to a banker.

I thank you kindly,

Abner

 

Tak. Jest coś nowego do nauki każdego dnia. :smile:

Yes. There is something new to learn every day.

J.

 

That looks really cool in Russian. :smile:

 

Caribbean medical school sounds great until you land at Student Doctor Net. My advice, if that's your plan, stay off the internet and you'll be fine.

 

How did I know you would react to that?

 

Call me a snob, but I would never go to a physician who went to a Caribbean medical school.

 

Lil ol' me a doctor? I don't like to fly to close to the sun, it's easy to get burned. Better to be inconspicuous. :smile:

 

I'll bet you a batch of cookies 99% of the people never know where their doctors went to undergrad, medical school, or residency. Especially if they are part of a large "ABC Medical Group" and get assigned to someone. Almost every practice I go to has more than one doctor, and I don't always get to pick. As an example, our family of 6 goes to a specific dentist - easy. But, when we all go for a skin check at the derm, they split us up - some have apts with the PA, others with one doc and other with another. Those apts are impossible to get, so it's "whoever" will see us.

 

No bet! And be thankful I won't take it, because you want nothing to do with anything I make in the kitchen! :lmao:

You're right, of course, but I do check that stuff out. Off the top of my head, I know the medical school credentials of my;

Civilian PCP - Temple University

VA PCP - George Washington University

VA Dermatologist - Rutgers University

Wife's PCP - University of Massachusetts

Wife's OB/GYN - University of Massachusetts

Son's pediatrician - University of Pittsburgh

Daughter's Pediatrician - Tufts University

One of my prior civilian PCP's went to medical school at Tel Aviv University, which I had absolutely no problem with. He just decided to move to Israel full-time, so I had to get a new one.

 

Yes, it does, Abner. But that was Polish. No biggie. :smile: Just for you, here's the same thing in Russian: Да, есть что-то новое, чтобы узнать каждый день.

J.

 

He he! Russian looks even cooler! :smile:

 

You can thank two 9th Century brothers for that. St. Cyril and his real-life brother, St. Methodius. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius

J.