This article is an exact copy of the article posted on the New England Journal of Medicine over here and gave me a great insight to me on how lucky we really are to be in a system which is still open to foreign immigrants. Thank you Jyoti for forwarding the link to me and I’m forwarding the article and the link to all my viewers too. Please take time to read this
Srivastava, Ranjana
A Bridge to Nowhere — The Troubled Trek of Foreign Medical Graduates
N Engl J Med 2008 358: 216-219
It is a typical day in my Melbourne clinic, with missing files, scans gone astray, and patients overwhelmed by their diagnoses. Though a mountain of dictation remains, the day’s end appears promisingly close . . . but for a scheduled tutorial. Biting into lukewarm leftovers, I am sorely tempted to cancel it. After all, I reason, it is volunteer work, squeezed in among other pressing commitments. The students will surely understand and perhaps even be grateful for the reprieve on a balmy summer evening.
Maybe the time has come to give up the tutorials, I muse. I have taught since I was a resident. Now, busy workdays added to new motherhood fill my plate; many days, the planning and patience required for the tutorial seem beyond my reach. Soon my musings turn to resentment, resentment to self-righteous justification. Surely, it is someone else’s turn to assume the mantle. The hospital is filled with doctors — someone must have spare time. Seizing on this thought, I reach for the phone. But before I finish dialing, I receive a page: “Doctor, don’t worry if you are late. We will wait.”
Copyright laws prevent me from citing the entire article. This article is freely available on the pubmed site or on the site of New England journal of medicine if anyone is interested to read the whole story.
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