Re:A boy, his brain, and a decades-long medical controversy
by lelanthran on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @07:08AM
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> The filtering, testing requirements, and frankly unpleasantness involved in medicine (in the United States) not only drives the curve to the right,
What makes you think that they are filtering for good physicians? Or even filtering for those who are capable of becoming doctors?
Here in South Africa, post-1994, universities adopted a very aggressive affirmative action policy to correct imbalances of the past. While med-schools had previously been based purely on merit, post-1994 introduced quotas for each of the major race groups.
This meant that a disadvantaged-background student with a C average would often be picked over an advantaged student with an A average.
The result was still doctors who graduated, and then went on to practice. The restriction by med-schools everywhere is not because only high-performing students will survive it, it's a purely artificial restriction.
After all, if C average students pass, why not simply increase the intake?
What makes you think that they are filtering for good physicians? Or even filtering for those who are capable of becoming doctors?
Here in South Africa, post-1994, universities adopted a very aggressive affirmative action policy to correct imbalances of the past. While med-schools had previously been based purely on merit, post-1994 introduced quotas for each of the major race groups.
This meant that a disadvantaged-background student with a C average would often be picked over an advantaged student with an A average.
The result was still doctors who graduated, and then went on to practice. The restriction by med-schools everywhere is not because only high-performing students will survive it, it's a purely artificial restriction.
After all, if C average students pass, why not simply increase the intake?