OndoreFeb 4

Brazil shocked to find that 13,000 students about to graduate from medical school lack basic knowledge to practice medicine

https://lemmy.world/post/42671223

Brazil shocked to find that 13,000 students about to graduate from medical school lack basic knowledge to practice medicine - Lemmy.World

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Show threadVictor

graduate

lack basic knowledge

Why are they graduating in the first place? Who is passing these students? Stop passing students who can’t show they learned anything, maybe? Novel idea, I know.

Feb 4 at 7:32pmWeb
Show threadDagnetFeb 4
It’s mostly private institutions passing people because they just care about the money and nothing else.
Show threadFmstratFeb 5
Source? The literal subtitle of the article says it’s private and public institutions.
Show threadDagnetFeb 5
Try reading beyond the subtitle
Show threadFmstratFeb 5

Middle of the article:

The medicine schools with the worst scores are mostly municipally owned (created and managed by city councils) or …

Sooo…

Show threadDagnetFeb 6

Cherry picking huh? Municipal are the smallest and least funded public universities here, the major institutions are all state and federal level, to be honest I didn’t even know there were municipal ones.

“It’s no surprise that federal public universities have received the highest marks; they are universally recognized as the best. But the evaluation of medical programs has also revealed that tuition fees can be inversely proportional to the quality of the education being offered. Medicine schools that scored the lowest (1 or 2 on a scale of 1-5) charge each student between $1,100 and $2,600 a month, according to a detailed analysis by Veja magazine. This is veritable fortune in a country where the minimum wage is $313 a month.”

Show threadFmstratFeb 6
Not cherry picking, just wasn’t aware that municipalities were smaller schools. Our school system here works different. Now I know.
Show threadPhoenixzFeb 4

Corruuuuuption!

Americans, pay attention, because this is where you’re headed in speed run fashion

Show threadMaeveFeb 4
I believe we USians invented the model.
Show threadtempestFeb 5
Aha your president represents this exact form of corruption too
Show threadMaeveFeb 5
All of them, really. This one just hasn't enough game or reason to hide it.
Show threadVictorFeb 5
His brain is too hollow innit
Show threadExLisperFeb 5

speed run fashion

Show threadFmstratFeb 5

They… Are? Seems like a lot of people responding aren’t reading the article, so:

  • Brazil is huge, and has the largest public healthcare system in the world.
  • This is the first time they’ve conducted a national test against medical universities
  • They are not punishing students, but the universities, and restricting new enrollment at them

And no, they are not all private institutions.

Show threadVictorFeb 5

Seems like a lot of people responding aren’t reading the article, so

You’re insinuating I didn’t read the article. 😛 But you’re right, I didn’t, because the statement I was referring to is right in the title.

Show threadFmstratFeb 5
Hah, yea, they’re in their last year. It doesn’t say how they are going to handle it. This also means there are graduates who would probably fail, too.