I have heard some pretty sad
stories from unmatched doctors.One
doctor wrote that he had applied 4 years in a row to the Match with no
success.He was planning to give up, but
somehow my website caught his interest.
Another med student was driving my son in an
UBER car in Chicago, and was
expressing fear of not matching.My son
warned him, “All I know is you better get a good score on your Step 2 Exam!”
One unmatched doctor is working
in an indigent care clinic in Jupiter, FL and desperate to complete his
training with a residency.Finally,
another unmatched doctor is working as a research coordinator, even after
completing an unpaid year in a research fellowship after medical school.
Some doctors who are forced to
start repayment of their school loans have no choice but to obtain some kind of
work.But for what else do they qualify?(I guess they qualify to be an UBER driver)
Just imagine the
desperation these graduate doctors are experiencing, and the sense of betrayal
in a system that has broken its “promise”.Dr. Keith Frederick, a legislator from Missouri,
has coined the term “Social
Contract” to describe what has happened in the US.
When a society establishes criteria to
obtain a professional license, the candidate can assume that when the
requirements are met, the license will be forthcoming.Our “society” has prevented the completion of
the criteria, and thus has broken the “Social Contract”.
Once a student has been accepted into medical school, the
time for elimination/screening is over.
The medical graduate
should be allowed to complete all the necessary steps to licensure.What if our country educated thousands of new
teachers but failed to provide enough opportunities to complete the final
requirement of student teaching?It just
would not make sense!
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