ICE detaining doctors is absurd. Let me explain something: foreign-trained doctors get trained and practice in places where American medical graduates often do not want to go. They are not taking jobs from anybody. They go to undesirable locations and take undesirable jobs.
April 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
ICE detaining doctors is absurd. Let me explain something: foreign-trained doctors get trained and practice in places where American medical graduates often do not want to go. They are not taking jobs from anybody. They go to undesirable locations and take undesirable jobs.
Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.
Trained dogs working inside hospitals help ease burnout among health care staff
Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Facts:
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors
May 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Facts:
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors
The fact that DOCTORS, people trained to save lives are standing in front of Mike Johnson’s office yelling that his bill will kill people should tell you everything.
The Doctors Caucus brought the facts, the stories, and the heartbreak to his doorstep. He refused to listen 😡
The Doctors Caucus brought the facts, the stories, and the heartbreak to his doorstep. He refused to listen 😡
July 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The fact that DOCTORS, people trained to save lives are standing in front of Mike Johnson’s office yelling that his bill will kill people should tell you everything.
The Doctors Caucus brought the facts, the stories, and the heartbreak to his doorstep. He refused to listen 😡
The Doctors Caucus brought the facts, the stories, and the heartbreak to his doorstep. He refused to listen 😡
Oh. So when you trained them on the notes of medical doctors they repeated the same biases.
Odd that.
Odd that.
The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”
AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities
Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients
www.ft.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh. So when you trained them on the notes of medical doctors they repeated the same biases.
Odd that.
Odd that.
Some states are trying to make it easier for doctors trained in other countries to work in the U.S. Skeptics say other licensing and hiring barriers could hamper this effort.
To solve for doctor shortages, states ease licensing for foreign-trained physicians
Some states are trying to make it easier for doctors trained in other countries to work in the U.S. Skeptics say other licensing and hiring barriers could hamper this effort.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Some states are trying to make it easier for doctors trained in other countries to work in the U.S. Skeptics say other licensing and hiring barriers could hamper this effort.
My parents are both doctors, trained in Europe but practicing in Australia for decades, still working full time in their late 60s.
My sisters are both doctors, trained and practicing in Australia.
My sisters are both doctors, trained and practicing in Australia.
August 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My parents are both doctors, trained in Europe but practicing in Australia for decades, still working full time in their late 60s.
My sisters are both doctors, trained and practicing in Australia.
My sisters are both doctors, trained and practicing in Australia.
People assume trained professionals with expertise are administering and injecting a drug cocktail that has been extensively researched. The reality is neither doctors nor nurses are involved and it's just random prison employees winging it.
man I have complicated feelings about capital punishment generally but if we are going to do it we have to do it a lot better than this, just mechanically
October 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
People assume trained professionals with expertise are administering and injecting a drug cocktail that has been extensively researched. The reality is neither doctors nor nurses are involved and it's just random prison employees winging it.
Seven new doctors choose to practice on Manitoulin Island in underserved communities #ManitoulinIslands #Ontario
Five doctors are internationally trained, have chosen Manitoulin for first three years of practice
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Five doctors are internationally trained, have chosen Manitoulin for first three years of practice
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Seven new doctors choose to practise on Manitoulin Island in underserved communities | CBC News
Three communities on Manitoulin Island are welcoming seven much-needed family doctors after a successful recruiting campaign.
www.cbc.ca
June 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Seven new doctors choose to practice on Manitoulin Island in underserved communities #ManitoulinIslands #Ontario
Five doctors are internationally trained, have chosen Manitoulin for first three years of practice
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Five doctors are internationally trained, have chosen Manitoulin for first three years of practice
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
NEW - BC Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced direct processing to enable US-trained doctors to become fully licensed in Canada without further examination. #bcpoli
March 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW - BC Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced direct processing to enable US-trained doctors to become fully licensed in Canada without further examination. #bcpoli
If most therapists are trained to be client-centered, why the fuck aren't doctors?
December 17, 2024 at 3:45 AM
If most therapists are trained to be client-centered, why the fuck aren't doctors?
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
My theory for cis doctors always blaming hormones is because they were always trained on cis bodies and want us to conform to the bodies they were trained on rather than figuring out the variables.
They really do teach these doctors nothing about trans healthcare don't they..
April 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
My theory for cis doctors always blaming hormones is because they were always trained on cis bodies and want us to conform to the bodies they were trained on rather than figuring out the variables.
There are doctors, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists working odd jobs in Colorado because they were trained overseas. Spring Institute’s Welcome Back program helps them get certified to work here. I’ll match the next fifty donations of $5 here: www.coloradogives.org/story/siyl3f
Support Colorado Welcome Back Program on ColoradoGives.org
Help doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals trained abroad resume careers in Colorado.
www.coloradogives.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
There are doctors, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists working odd jobs in Colorado because they were trained overseas. Spring Institute’s Welcome Back program helps them get certified to work here. I’ll match the next fifty donations of $5 here: www.coloradogives.org/story/siyl3f
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.
In all, 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024 – a rise of 26% on the 3,869 who did so the year before – figures from the General Medical Council reveal. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Asylum seekers include qualified doctors and nurses and trained engineers. Of course they should be allowed to work.
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Asylum seekers include qualified doctors and nurses and trained engineers. Of course they should be allowed to work.
Manitoba recruited 13 U.S.-trained doctors this month https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/manitoba-recruits-13-us-trained-doctors-to-work-across-province/
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January 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Manitoba recruited 13 U.S.-trained doctors this month https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/manitoba-recruits-13-us-trained-doctors-to-work-across-province/
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🧵/ This heartbreaking case highlights why so many doctors like me have been begging NHS England & the Dept of Health to stop endangering NHS patients by substituting doctors with non-medically trained PAs
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
February 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🧵/ This heartbreaking case highlights why so many doctors like me have been begging NHS England & the Dept of Health to stop endangering NHS patients by substituting doctors with non-medically trained PAs
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies".
Please read this thread & decide.
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
New Brunswick employing 10 new family doctors through international program #NewBrunswick #Doctors
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
New Brunswick employing 10 new family doctors through international program
Ten family doctors are joining New Brunswick’s health-care system after finishing a licensing program that allows internationally-trained physicians to work in the province.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New Brunswick employing 10 new family doctors through international program #NewBrunswick #Doctors
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...
Because just like doctors, we have a glut of trained pilots in this country
heard a Delta pilot on a green card was disappeared at DTW today
March 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Because just like doctors, we have a glut of trained pilots in this country
I was looked after by doctors and nurses trained in at least eight different countries, all of them working well with each other.
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I was looked after by doctors and nurses trained in at least eight different countries, all of them working well with each other.
Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a board-certified OBGYN and certified menopause practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience. She says most doctors were never trained to treat menopause — and women are paying for that with their health. Here are 8 things she wants every woman to know:
July 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a board-certified OBGYN and certified menopause practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience. She says most doctors were never trained to treat menopause — and women are paying for that with their health. Here are 8 things she wants every woman to know: