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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Trust me, there are very, very good reasons why the recertification standards for doctors are so thorough. It's very challenging and resource intensive to maintain a quality medical teaching program, especially over the length of time required for each trainee. The overwhelming amount of IMG's (international medical graduates) come from countrys lacking that kind of medical/educational infrastructure - why do you think they want to immigrate here in the first place? Sadly, the result by our standards is incompetence, because their formative training and subsequent practice standards were so poor. If they are truly good enough, they shouldn't have any trouble passing our exams, and these supposed 'financial barriers' are purely transient.
Not being an engineer I can't comment first hand, but I do know I want the bridges/buildings/etc I use to have been designed by someone certifiably competent.
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not implying the programs should be scrapped, or weakened. My only hope is that migrants get the proper and correct information they need before they leave their home country.