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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by TMWNN on Friday December 31, 2021 @11:07PM (#29755418)
>Every year there are doctors who graduate from medical school but are never allowed to practice medicine because they can't get matched to a residency program.

Aren't 99% of unmatched, graduates of sketchy overseas medical schools?

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by nradov on Friday December 31, 2021 @11:24PM (#29755500)
Typically about 5% of medical school graduates don't get matched, although some of those do get in later.

https://www.ama-assn.org/residents-students/match/if-you-re-...

As for overseas medical schools, the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation is supposed to ensure they meet the same standards as domestic schools. I haven't seen any real evidence that they're sketchy.

https://sites.ed.gov/ncfmea/

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Re:Belgian scientific base in Antarctica engulfed by Covid d... by ajosh on Saturday January 01, 2022 @12:32AM (#29755809)
Knowing a number of foreign medical grads, I'd have to agree that they are not, as a rule, skethcy.
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