After spending seven years studying to become a doctor in her native Mexico, Nidia Payan found herself having to sell tamales to make ends meet when she first arrived in Los Angeles. Later, just to be considered for a part-time job as a medical assistant, she had to start as a volunteer. Full Story »
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This is a win/win program. It serves the public and uses Doctors that could not practice in the past. I sincerely hope that the anti-immigration forces will not be so shrill that they put this program in jeopardy.
Narrow discussion of medical training starts with "seven years of training," but fails to state that the training starts immediately after high school, so it consists of fewer years than U.S. doctors have, i.e., four years of college, four years of medical school, and at least three years of residency training. Adding 15 months of training before a residency may or may not ensure training equivalent to that in a U.S. medical school.
This is a feel-good story, seemingly written by someone with little understanding of medical training, and not in-depth coverage. The goal of ... More »
A nice article with some good news: UCLA is helping Latino doctors who are here legally get further training so that they can practice medicine in underserved Latino communities. It's a great idea and a great program.
It is a worthy goal to educate non-Americans in the US culture and language. I am for a national program to help all who are well educated to ... More »
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