re: NC to allow foreign trained dr's to practice with no licensing exams.

If they are supervised by a licensed physician they are an upgrade over a Nurse Practitioner who will have much less training. Not a bad idea.

I really don’t have a problem with this in the short term.

In the long term the answer is to stop admitting so many foreigners and women into our medical schools.

Most foreigners return to their home countries and most women get out of the profession early to raise their families unless they go into practices like OBGYN or pediatrics.

This ties in with the thread I just posted about the “Boy Crisis.” This country has abandoned young men in the name of feminism and inclusion.

Only work in impoverished areas eh ? I take offense to this. The governor that signed it , everyone that voted for it and their families should be forced to see one of these scholarly baboos as part of their insurance coverage

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- The applicant must demonstrate competency through passing an approved medical licensing exam or specialty board certification recognized by the North Carolina Medical Board.

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Tell me you know nothing about medical training without telling me you know nothing about medical training.

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HubbaBubba

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See my above comment.

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Which is why I want them supervised by doctors, just like these foreign doctors will be

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Except they are often not....like these foreign doctors won't be.

We've got to be honest with ourselves....
The medical acadamies have gone so woke over the past decade or so, what kind of DEI type doctors are we pumping out here in the States?

TBH, a foreign, non-DEI type , unindoctrinated doctor, that hasn't had big pharma pay them off, mightbe a great option.

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My son just going through board certification now. That stuff is no joke. 6 hours of written exams plus 6 hours of oral exams. Can those doctors pass those? I wonder? I guess we will find out.

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Oh theres much more than that:
1) Step 1, 7 hour test
2) Step 2 CK, 7 hour test
3) Step 2 CS: a full day's worth of standardized patient encounters
-- not sure this has returned after COVID tbh. I'm getting old
4) Step 3, 7 hour test

Then there's your specialty board. For me its:
1) Part 1, 7 hour test
2) 6 months worth of sending every single surgery you to for review ("Board Collection")
3) Part 2: 4 hour oral exam with 12 examiners who review 12 of your most "challenging" cases and you must defend what you did while they grill you...

But yes..they take "a licensing exam" and are good to go!