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Scrap medical school lottery, ministers toldFriday 29 January 2010 University teaching hospitals should be able to select all medical students on the basis of their results and interviews, rather than partly through a lottery, the national health council will tell ministers on Friday. At the moment there are 2,850 places available a year at medical schools, around half of which are allocated to the cleverest students and the rest through a lottery. The council is also recommending the limit on the number of medical school places should be scrapped within five years. And, it says, the number of places for training to become medical specialists should be increased as well. Education minister Ronald Plasterk said on Friday afternoon he hoped the lottery system could be scrapped in time for the next university year. © DutchNews.nl
A.U.B! By Gerard | January 29, 2010 11:27 AM Finally! I always thought this was the craziest system... By Stephen Johnston | January 29, 2010 3:19 PM @kalajutu By Bas | January 29, 2010 4:40 PM What a pity that we are saying what we are saying about Dutch Doctors. 10 years in training - though the extra 3 years here seems to be mainly about extracting money from students, and teaching them all about Political Meddling in Medicine and how to fob-off patients. I have suggested that the 3 years should be spent in china re-training as Traditional Chinese Doctors. In a 1st world country this shoul not be happening and some Drs here say it's only since January 2007 that the worst problems started. I wonder why!? The Arguments I've had with Dutch Social Workers, Nurses, and even a few Doctors (the better ones who will allow discussion and even argument about the piss-poor medical training of many Drs here, and even worse is the fact that so many Incompetent, Arrogant, Abusive, Discriminating .... There are some more words I can think of ... are allowed to carry-on Practicing, and are even supported at Ministerial level! By Gerard | January 30, 2010 10:51 PM Hmm... Seems to me they were doing alright as it was. Now it turns into a big grade competition, rather than those who really want to help people. Has any study been done to see how well lottery winners vs. all-stars do in later treatment outcomes? Furthermore, are the insurance co. getting rich on the privatization of the system going to start paying the doctors more too? The more I see of changes in the Netherlands, the more I'd say to be prepared for a spiral towards American-style HMO factory medicine and major stratification for services based on class. By Prince Burnhard | January 31, 2010 6:20 AM Very good decision. These 'lottery medical students' will soon be professionals and I don't want to risk my life in the hands of these people and get 'lucky. Lol. xD By Cammy | February 1, 2010 6:32 AM im still going home if i get sick!!! By Kristy | February 1, 2010 4:34 PM
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Finally, someone has come to their senses! It's evident that you cannot produce good doctors if you are not selecting the best and most qualified candidates. This "lottery" system has created a batch of ill-trained and incompetent doctors that may have caused many lost lives in the Netherlands.
By kalajutu | January 29, 2010 11:13 AM