Desperate Housewives remark about Filipino doctors

[walls1010 3]

It’s been circulating around Filipino blogs about the scene that was shown in the US on Sept 30, Dr. Mayfair told a visibly terrified Mayer that the word “menopause” seems to open a Pandora’s Box for the age-conscious middle-aged woman.

“They hear ageing, brittle bones, loss of sexual drive…” said the doctor who was cut midway from his explanation by an agitated Mayer.

“Before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? ‘Coz, I just want to make sure they’re not from some med school in the Philippines,” she said while searching for the doctor’s records. Watch the clip.

Edited October 2, 2007 by walls1010

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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Unless her character is deliberately prejudice, that's jacked up.

[Jenn! 918]

I wouldn't say that's necessarily a racist statement. I think it's a fairly commonly-held belief here that medical schools abroad are not as good as those here in the U.S., whether that's true or not I wouldn't know. I think there's a certain stigma associated with foreign-educated doctors, especially if they are American, the idea being that those who are not "smart enough" to get into med school here in the U.S. will be accepted into a med school out of the country. I don't think that this was a slight against Filipinos, just against foreign-educated doctors in general.

Edited October 2, 2007 by Jenn!

[almaty 19]

i also, agree..allot of people here..who cannot get into usa med school go over seas...and they may not have the same quality as American ones

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I could see your points, but I guess I take it more personally, being that Jinky was a doctor in the PI and was humiliated at one of her interviews where the woman conducting the interview asked her after she said she had practiced for over 5 years with 6 years of schooling, "...but you don't have any office experience." All she can apply for right now is a dental assistant, but damn she's way the hell over-qualified and that woman was a trade school putz who wouldn't know a quality if she had one.

[almaty 19]

I could see your points, but I guess I take it more personally, being that Jinky was a doctor in the PI and was humiliated at one of her interviews where the woman conducting the interview asked her after she said she had practiced for over 5 years with 6 years of schooling, "...but you don't have any office experience." All she can apply for right now is a dental assistant, but damn she's way the hell over-qualified and that woman was a trade school putz who wouldn't know a quality if she had one.

terrible..i haave a friend..a psychiatrist.from the Pis .who now draws blood for a living

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I could see your points, but I guess I take it more personally, being that Jinky was a doctor in the PI and was humiliated at one of her interviews where the woman conducting the interview asked her after she said she had practiced for over 5 years with 6 years of schooling, "...but you don't have any office experience." All she can apply for right now is a dental assistant, but damn she's way the hell over-qualified and that woman was a trade school putz who wouldn't know a quality if she had one.

terrible..i haave a friend..a psychiatrist.from the Pis .who now draws blood for a living

That is terrible because an education is highly regarded in the PI - probably more so than here as for most it is the only way out of dire poverty.

For CA, she'll need to return to school for another 2 years and take board exams to be licensed here. UCLA has a 2 year program for foreign dentists, but she'll need a year just to establish residency. On a positive note, she has had some really positive interviews with dentists who recognize her qualifications and it looks like she can make a decent wage as assistant in the meantime.

[Jasman0717 9]

I guess this doesn't weight well for Claudeth's sister getting a medical degree

[eau_xplain 2]

I guess the scriptwriter of Desperate Housewives needs to do a little bit more research....

http://www.fsmb.org/pub_inmeded_vol1_num2.html

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I guess the scriptwriter of Desperate Housewives needs to do a little bit more research....

http://www.fsmb.org/pub_inmeded_vol1_num2.html

Awesome.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I could see your points, but I guess I take it more personally, being that Jinky was a doctor in the PI and was humiliated at one of her interviews where the woman conducting the interview asked her after she said she had practiced for over 5 years with 6 years of schooling, "...but you don't have any office experience." All she can apply for right now is a dental assistant, but damn she's way the hell over-qualified and that woman was a trade school putz who wouldn't know a quality if she had one.

terrible..i haave a friend..a psychiatrist.from the Pis .who now draws blood for a living

That is terrible because an education is highly regarded in the PI - probably more so than here as for most it is the only way out of dire poverty.

For CA, she'll need to return to school for another 2 years and take board exams to be licensed here. UCLA has a 2 year program for foreign dentists, but she'll need a year just to establish residency. On a positive note, she has had some really positive interviews with dentists who recognize her qualifications and it looks like she can make a decent wage as assistant in the meantime.

My primary doctor back in Nashville was an Ethiopian. He was a doctor when he migrated to the US but he had to go back to school here to be able to practice. He worked a night-shift at a gas station while attending medical school. It's been tough, he said, but in the end all worth it. He is making a living now that he wouldn't have dreamed of over there. It's been a good investment for him.

[walls1010 3]

I guess the scriptwriter of Desperate Housewives needs to do a little bit more research....

http://www.fsmb.org/pub_inmeded_vol1_num2.html

Correct

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

That's just bad writing. The punchline historically has been Caribbean medical schools because washed out US medical students would go down there for school because of the lower standards (e.g. Granada).

[one...two...tree 2,762]

That's just bad writing. The punchline historically has been Caribbean medical schools because washed out US medical students would go down there for school because of the lower standards (e.g. Granada).

That's what I figured.

[gabby4ever 1]

honey jen!! i dont know about phillipines docs, but i guarantee you one thing - that docs abroad are WAY much better than US docs... i know thats the case with my country...at least our docs or nurses know how to do some stitches...when i went to the doctor here in the US they told me, i dont know how to do stitches, go to the E freakin R...That is unbelievable!!! so the us docs need to go abroad to do some serious studyin!!!!