What are your comments about Philippine medical schools?

Question

There was this episode of desperate housewives having a negative feedback of Philippine medical shools...

Answer 1

Philippine medical schools actually are producing high quality graduates who had undergone extensive education and training. They have to pass through "a needle and thread" to become a doctor.

I fully understand the negative feedback on Philippine medical schools on such episodes. I believe it is totally a misunderstanding.

However I can suggest that there possibly could be a reason for such negative feeback. Do you believe that "a rotten tamato spoils everything"? I can imagine that the negative feedback was caused by one Philippine Medical school graduate who did a mistake once. No one is perfect and anyone is bound to make mistakes. However, you will not know what the other people around are thinking and out of a single mistake they had such a negative criticism affecting the reputation of the entire country.

Is it a proof of an existence of a certain prejudice (racial prejudice)? I hope not. There could have been a misunderstanding on that matter, I hope that such matter will be cleared and justified.

Answer 2

Doctors trained in the Philippines seem to be competent, at least. The emphasis is different from typical U.S. schools which now teach dependence on high tech things for diagnosis , which admittedly is better if available. But non tech diagnosticians do pretty good 99% of the time. Keep in mind that at least 50% of all doctor visists are unnecessary and make no difference to the course of the disease. IN these cases the placebo effect does wonders and the perscription keeps the patient from feeling like a sucker.

Doctors trained in the Phillipines of course have more experience with the diseases and conditions prevalent there but it is always true that doctors have more experience with the problems available where they are trained.

The real measure of a doctor's competence in the U.S. is whether they have passed the State Medical BOard Exam, and anybody with a M.D. can take them, no matter where the degree comes from.