I completely agree with you. But this was a group of doctors dissuading them. It was more an argument about stigma (that other US doctors would never hire them, regardless of him re-studying and re-boarding might not save the potential of a career).
I would love such an opportunity. I think we should also open up medicine in the US as you describe, but I also must be honest: expect the quality and knowledge of doctors on average going down. I live abroad in the MENA region, and most of the doctors here are from abroad (the first medical school in country is part of the educational complex I work in; the first graduating class will be this year or next year). Even at good hospitals, people check nationality of the doctor as a result and you always go only to doctors you friends have visited and recommend if not an emergency. Whether it is general fear or racism whatver you call it is another debate. You will notice some doctors meet minimal standards here but I would be afraid to call them doctors (one told me you have to be careful which kind of fish you eat because the Quran explains so; religion has its place but I will not tolerate that from a doctor, and I never visited her again).
Allowing doctors all over the world while maintaining a minimally required level of education and skill with such different education systems and credentials will be awful. I live that every day I visit the hospital with my son, even for a simple doctor's visit.
I would love such an opportunity. I think we should also open up medicine in the US as you describe, but I also must be honest: expect the quality and knowledge of doctors on average going down. I live abroad in the MENA region, and most of the doctors here are from abroad (the first medical school in country is part of the educational complex I work in; the first graduating class will be this year or next year). Even at good hospitals, people check nationality of the doctor as a result and you always go only to doctors you friends have visited and recommend if not an emergency. Whether it is general fear or racism whatver you call it is another debate. You will notice some doctors meet minimal standards here but I would be afraid to call them doctors (one told me you have to be careful which kind of fish you eat because the Quran explains so; religion has its place but I will not tolerate that from a doctor, and I never visited her again).
Allowing doctors all over the world while maintaining a minimally required level of education and skill with such different education systems and credentials will be awful. I live that every day I visit the hospital with my son, even for a simple doctor's visit.