Cuba offers Black Americans/Latinos free 6 year Med School plus room and board

[Yehuda]

I personally know Cubans who have told me about blacks being denied entry to Hotels, stopped by police for walking with whites, etc.

Me too, yet you have people in this thread saying their Cuban relatives told them Blacks are respected there.

The racism in that country isn't any different than what you have in your country.

 

[BigMan]

Yall need to chill with the Cuba is the most problack county ever stuff

Cuba is very connected with its African roots and has fought to end racism and all that but there are many black artists/activist/citizens in Cuba that have spoke about the racism in Cuba and blacks make up the majority of the prison population and are the poorest. Its not some racial social utopia

 

[H.I.M.]

@theworldismine13 is right about Cuban doctors having trouble passing tests in not just the US...but other countries like Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile etc. just based off a the few links i found on google.

But Cuba has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world and a life expectancy rate on par with the US....so they gotta be doing something right.

 

[theworldismine13]

before you tell anyone to stop. read your own articles man. googling then pasting the first article doesnt make you a specialist. in that very article it states cuban doctors are highly regarded and that they are in fact getting visas.

read your own shyt

a cuban doesnt need a visa dummy, a cuban gets automatic asylum when they come to the us, the article is explaining that cuban doctors cannot practice in the us because they cant pass the test,

you have some serious reading comprehension problems

if cubans are highly regarded in other parts of the world, good for them

but cuban doctors are not highly regarded in the us because cuban doctors cant pass the basic tests, so its stupid for an american to go to cuba when in the end they wont be able to practice in the us and its stupid for an american to go overseas and work for the same money they would make working at a fast food restaurant just to make some corny political statement or for some corny third world solidarity

the articles i posted support everything i said and they contradict also your assertion that the us has an "endless supply of doctors"

 

[Poitier]

blacks make up the majority of the prison population and are the poorest.

Which country is this not true? And everyone is poor in Cuba.

A lot of the inequality was prior to Castro's takeover and short of pulling a Mugabe (which failed), its hard to rectified .

 

[theworldismine13]

@theworldismine13 is right about Cuban doctors having trouble passing tests in not just the US...but other countries like Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile etc. just based off a the few links i found on google.

But Cuba has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world and a life expectancy rate on par with the US....so they gotta be doing something right.

because what cuba is actually doing is pumping out highly trained nurses and calling them doctors, a well trained nurse can do most of the things a doctor can do, and they can certainly deal with most basic medical needs, so i think the reports of the cuban doctors are accurate, im sure they are intelligent and help a lot of people

the american medical system is a very different system, a doctor first has to be trained in science (4 years of pre med + MCAT science test) before even touching a stethoscope, so if you dont have that part down, its extremely hard to pass the board tests

im not saying the american system is better, the cuba system obviously has its good points, but what i am saying is that no american should go to a cuban medical school, that is just plain stupid

 

[BigMan]

Which country is this not true? And everyone is poor in Cuba.

A lot of the inequality was prior to Castro's takeover and short of pulling a Mugabe (which failed), its hard to rectified .

some of the dudes on the first page seem to think Cuba is free of racial inequality or something. Black Cubans are poorer than white Cubans (due to history and the fact that most remittances are from white Miami Cubans to their white families). Plus many "black" Cubans (like in other nations) don't consider themselves "black".

 

[H.I.M.]

because what cuba is actually doing is pumping out highly trained nurses and calling them doctors, a well trained nurse can do most of the things a doctor can do, and they can certainly deal with most basic medical needs, so i think the reports of the cuban doctors are accurate, im sure they are intelligent and help a lot of people

the american medical system is a very different system, a doctor first has to be trained in science (4 years of pre med + MCAT science test) before even touching a stethoscope, so if you dont have that part down, its extremely hard to pass the board tests

im not saying the american system is better, the cuba system obviously has its good points, but what i am saying is that no american should go to a cuban medical school, that is just plain stupid

If you have nothing going on for you in your life except community college and/or pushing baskets at Target and the like...i don't see much of a downside to it.

It can be a good start to build a foundation of skills & knowledge in the medical profession. If you actually had real options for elite schooling...and true standout academic talent...of course it would be silly. I don't see how anybody can oppose this given who it's targeting.

 

[theworldismine13]

If you have nothing going on for you in your life except community college and/or pushing baskets at Target and the like...i don't see much of a downside to it.

It can be a good start to build a foundation of skills & knowledge in the medical profession. If you actually had real options for elite schooling...and true standout academic talent...of course it would be silly. I don't see how anybody can oppose this given who it's targeting.

If you are treating it as a free adventure in another country than yeah, there is no downside to it, but as a serious academic move its a complete non starter and a complete a waste of time

 

[Serious]

its the same test regardless of where you came from

imo if you arent getting a's and b's in math, chemistry and physics you should stop trying to become an american doctor, the american system is a science based system, foreign schools tend to be fact based (they just teach you facts)

the chances of going to cuba for medical school and becoming a practicing american doctor are about zero

i got mainly b's
Writing those lab reports are what killed me

 

[H.I.M.]

If you are treating it as a free adventure in another country than yeah, there is no downside to it, but as a serious academic move its a complete non starter and a complete a waste of time

For folks that would likely be spending those 6 years working a low wage dead end job?

I doubt some of the skills that they would learn are as useless as you claim they are...but i could be wrong...i ain't no expert on this subject and unlike your average coli poster i'm not gonna sit here and pretend to be a know-it-all on every goddamn thing when i don't know what the fukk i'm talking about.

 

[Poitier]

"highly trained nurses and calling them doctors"

I don't venture into HL so I forgot how dumb buddy is

There is a reason Cuba's medical program was a major point in restoring diplomatic relations

then again, this idiot thinks capitalism is to the benefit of oppressed people so cook

 

[.༼-◕_◕-༽.]

im 26 right now. would it be a decent move if i wanted to take that leap or should i just try to get it in the states? i already got student debt as it is

edit: your idea is pretty much what i had in mind, travel the world help the underprivileged. medicine is supposed to be about altruism anyways.

For Cuba? I think there's an age cutoff... BUT you can check the Air Force/Army, etc Physician programs that pay for Med school and salary while enrolled. You do have a service obligation, BUT you're obligated during the years that you're least experienced so it works out. I think the USPHS (US Public Health Service) may have funding (and service obligation), and you're placed in rural/underserved areas in the US for your obligation. You can also do the MSTP (Medical Science Training Program)... Or check with AMCAS for other funding opportunities and state schools. I believe UT Med schools are among the least expensive IN STATE tuition. Also I think the Uniformed Services Medical school is still operating. Also free (?) with service obligation. Most people that I know who are practicing passed the boards. I only know ONE person who never passed... Kinda sad...

 

[Serious]

For folks that would likely be spending those 6 years working a low wage dead end job?

I doubt some of the skills that they would learn are as useless as you claim they are...but i could be wrong...i ain't no expert on this subject and unlike your average coli poster i'm not gonna sit here and pretend to be a know-it-all on every goddamn thing when i don't know what the fukk i'm talking about.

nah he knows what he's talking about....

 

[Serious]

For Cuba? I think there's an age cutoff... BUT you can check the Air Force/Army, etc Physician programs that pay for Med school and salary while enrolled. You do have a service obligation, BUT you're obligated during the years that you're least experienced so it works out. I think the USPHS (US Public Health Service) may have funding (and service obligation), and you're placed in rural/underserved areas in the US for your obligation. You can also do the MSTP (Medical Science Training Program)... Or check with AMCAS for other funding opportunities and state schools. I believe UT Med schools are among the least expensive IN STATE tuition. Also I think the Uniformed Services Medical school is still operating. Also free (?) with service obligation. Most people that I know who are practicing passed the boards. I only know ONE person who never passed... Kinda sad...

yeah I just read on a website posted on here that it's like 25 or younger....


And yeah that's one of the main difference between med schools in the states and the carribbean. The US has like 90+% passage rate, meanwhile the carribbean has like a 30% passage rate...