Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries
by bob_theslob646 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @07:52AM
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>Medical schools will happily push as many students as possible through (and they are with new schools opening).
How is this even allowed?
Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries
by SkyPuncher on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:10AM
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I meant it as a hyperbole to demonstrate schools aren't the issue. They won't just happily push students through as they have high standards to meet.
Schools do have a bit more flexibility in scheduling and resource management that can allow them increases in capacity if so demanded.
This is such bullshit. Nobody is artificially limiting the numbers. Schools are accepting and graduating more doctors than available residency programs.
Right now the biggest bottleneck in the process is the number of residency spots. There simply isn't enough bandwidth for hospitals to teach graduating medical students to become independently licensed doctors. Medical schools will happily push as many students as possible through (and they are with new schools opening).
The problem is training a resident is extremely expensive and comes with a lot of overhead. The government pays hospitals about $110k to per residency position. While this incentivizes some hospitals, many are facing issues with finding willing and qualified staff to come teach at their hospitals. It's hard to convince an established doctor to take a pay cut and take on more work to train students.