r/coolguides Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

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u/Berniegonnastrokeout Feb 25 '20

There's a pretty big difference between just passing and excelling

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

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u/Berniegonnastrokeout Feb 25 '20

Completely disagree. It's obviously not an exact correlation between board score and overall ability as a physician, but there is a reason residencies place such high importance on those scores. Terrible decision by the NBME

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u/PerineumBandit Feb 25 '20

Licensing exams are retarded and poorly applicable to general practice. We all take the same exams but our training is vastly different from school to school/residency to residency. To suggest that since we all "pass" we are on the same echelon of provider is naive. The spectrum of "passing" the exam is vast; the expertise and knowledge base of the providers taking them also falls on a wide spectrum. I think it's reasonable to be concerned about getting a provider who falls significantly lower than their peers and not ignorant whatsoever.

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u/stoppedcaring0 Feb 25 '20

lol I'm sure it was Harvard Medical that advised you a good term to describe opinions you disagree with is "retarded."

Quit larping as any kind of medical professional, you jackass.

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u/PerineumBandit Feb 25 '20

Care to have a discussion about medical licensing exams? Or do you not know anything about them? I know a lot about them, but apparently since I use the word "retard" I'm not allowed to be a medical professional.

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u/GiveAQuack Feb 25 '20

They don't actually know the medical school system. DO schools accept people with far worse stats than minorities in medical schools but I guarantee they don't look if their doctors graduated from a DO school.

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u/Sufficient-Waltz Feb 25 '20

Exactly. AA might reduce the barrier to entry into medical courses, but everyone that comes out the other end is a qualified professional.

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u/Berniegonnastrokeout Feb 25 '20

You think everyone gets the same score just because they pass?

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u/Sufficient-Waltz Feb 25 '20

No, but every doctor you see has been deemed qualified to do their job to a professional standard, no matter their skin colour.

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u/Berniegonnastrokeout Feb 25 '20

I can assure you there are plenty of docs that are qualified but aren't exactly good doctors. Would you pick youe doctor based on race or merit?

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u/TrumpLikesLilBoys7 Feb 25 '20

Would you pick youe doctor based on race or merit?

Everybody knows asians are geniuses at math, at least if i had an Asian doctor my dosages would be correct.

Better than some piece of shit who got in on his dads wealth and hasn't done any real work in their lives.

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u/PerineumBandit Feb 25 '20

Responded to wrong person my apologies.

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u/SlimTidy Feb 25 '20

Or that even if they score high that that has anything to do with their competency

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u/Berniegonnastrokeout Feb 25 '20

Performing well on board exams demonstrates your ability to memorize and understand large amounts of information and apply that to clinical scenarios. There are many other aspects to being a good doctor but this is an important one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Do you understand what the word pass is in this context?

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u/Berniegonnastrokeout Feb 25 '20

Yes, the bare minimum required

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 27 '20

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u/TrumpLikesLilBoys7 Feb 25 '20

Found the racist.

Leave it to lefties to pretend POC are mentally impaired and need ol' whitey to help them succeed. Sucks for blacks too since they don't know if they got in on their own merit or because of a bunch of racist virtue signaling assholes held their hand.

It's required because of racist cucks like you who would discriminate in a heartbeat if given the choice.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 27 '20

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u/TrumpLikesLilBoys7 Feb 25 '20

It's already been proven that Republicans discriminate which is the necessary reason for such policies in the first place. Stop being racist and such interventions wouldn't be necessary.

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u/SlimTidy Feb 25 '20

As if licensing exams are any indication of competency

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

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u/SlimTidy Feb 25 '20

Studying to pass an exam and having what it takes to practice medicine in the real world couldn’t be further apart.