graphic by: Matt Stiles, Jacob Villanueva
An article posted on the Texas Tribune website today highlighted the fact that a majority of doctors being licensed by the Texas Medical Board are not being educated in the United States. Now, your first reaction may have been similar to mine. "What, Texas is giving medical licenses to undereducated foreigners!!!", luckily for us, that is not the case. According to the article there are strict policies and procedures that are followed in order to gain a license from a foreign school.
Now I must admit, I still don't feel to confident about certain countries such as Rwanda, Pakistan, or especially Iran...being that their countries are either unstable or very anti-western, but for the most part I trust the countries that are shelling out doctors to Texas. Interestingly enough, India has a total of 149 doctors licensed in Texas so far...the US has 10. (Check out the map by clicking here)
That brings me to my main question, why are so few American doctors seeking a license in Texas? We know that the training is solid, we know that they will be held to very high standards, so why aren't we recruiting students graduating right here in America? Well, I'm sure there are a lot of reasons, but I think that we should push to license doctors that graduate from institutions here first, and not give so many breaks to our foreign counterparts. Being an American citizen with an American medical degree should put you at the top of the list.
So I guess the question is, "Does Texas want you anyway?"
Source: Texas Tribune
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