Post by brasspounderPost by brasspounderPost by brasspounderAlso have a real doctor check ya out, and not some military one..
On paper they're supposed to meet high standards, but when pressed for
medical personnel the Armed Forces will eagerly take the dregs from
medical
Post by brasspounderschools, that is, the dunces who graduate at the bottom of their
classes
Post by brasspounderand
Post by brasspounderare essentially handed diplomas just to be rid of them.
PPOR.
Post by brasspounderPost by brasspounderNevertheless, they met the standards and graduated.
If you were more familiar with medical education, residency, and board
examination and certification, are considerably more of a predictor than
medical school rank. Residency is much tougher than medical school --
medical schools tend to be very selective on admission, but pass most
students. People do leave residencies or discover they need to change
specialties.
The mechanics of the board process varies with the specialty, but the
procedure is such that even the lowest-ranked people are thoroughly
qualified. It's much more pass-fail than ranked.
Post by brasspounderROTFL! Yeah, but would you want your wife and kids to be treated by one
of
them, PUTZ?
Would I want them treated by somebody who passed their boards and is
licensed? Definitely, and I'm not worried about their class standing.
Minor nit -- a military physician can be fully board certified, but
doesn't need a license as long as their practice is limited to Federal
facilities. Licenses are issued at the State level.
Post by brasspounderPost by brasspounderFeel free to show us
any proof of accredited US medical schools graduating students "just to
get rid of them".
OK, putzhead, here's an example of one of your medical school "wonder
boys,"
An anecdote? That's all you have? No wonder your credibility is zero.
Now, there are cases where the military system drives out certain top
specialists, although I believe they are rethinking this. For example,
the late Dr. Bruce Butler was well known as the dean of hand surgeons in
the Washington DC area, and indeed one of the best teachers in the
world. As a LTC, he had been chief of the hand surgery service at Walter
Reed. The upper layers wanted to promote him to COL and make him chief
of surgery, but he retired rather than take on much administration
rather than clinical work and teaching.
There's also a group of senior military medical officers that
consciously combine medical and military disciplines, with the extreme
case being Leonard Wood, who held the Medal of Honor, was Army Surgeon
General, and then Army Chief of Staff.
A more recent example might be COL Rhonda Cornum, who currently commands
Landstuhl Medical Center, but also has a decent record of research
publications and is considered a top-grade flight surgeon (and boarded
urologist). People may remember her from 1991, where she volunteered to
go on a CSAR mission (forbidden to women) so the downed crew would have
immediate physician support. Unfortunately, her helo was shot down, and
she had a rough time as a POW. That didn't slow her down on returning to
service.
Yes, but would you want to be treated by Dr. Mengele?