- Medicine is one of the most valued professions because it fulfills an essential activity.
- Despite technological advances, a machine that can transmit empathy as a person does has not yet been invented.
- Israel is the only country in the world where more than half of its doctors were trained abroad.
Education is a fundamental part of the field of health. This aspect is required to be able to care for patients. The common thing is to comply with this step within the same country of origin but there are more and more doctors trained abroad. The reasons that lead to this decision are quite varied but in the end they have an impact on the way of appreciating the world.
In this case, it should also be taken into account that the Medicine is one of the most requested and demanding professions in the world. Having the responsibility of caring for the health of others is not something easy and that is why it is a job that will never disappear. Despite technological advances, it is always necessary to have trained people to provide consultations.
With this in mind, even the appearance of new tools such as the Artificial intelligence they have their limits. Although they are very useful to offer faster and more accurate diagnoses, there is still something that they cannot do and it is to transmit empathy.
The biggest problem with innovations like ChatGPT is unemotional. For the same reason, the patient does not feel accompanied and all the responses he receives are too cold.
Now, back to the central issue, there are different reasons why a student or worker leaves their country of origin to continue their life in another nation. Sometimes the motivation is to access a renowned university or to be able to count on better salaries. Although there are also other unpleasant reasons such as economic crises or armed conflicts.
Where are there more foreign-trained doctors?
With this in mind, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an analysis with the countries that have more doctors trained abroad. The results allow us to have a more complete vision of this sector at a global level.
The information was replicated by Statista and what you get is that Israel occupies the first position. Currently, 57.8% of its health personnel studied abroad. Therefore, it can be appreciated that it is a nation that tends to attract doctors from other latitudes.
Within the same analysis appear New Zealand and Norway with 42.1% each. As long as it follows Ireland with 40.5%. Everyone agrees that they are some of the countries with the best healthcare systems in the world and have a high standard of living. For this reason, they are attractive destinations for doctors from other regions.
Other nations that appear in the ranking are Australia, UK, Canada, Germany, France and Italy. In fact, another feature in common is that they all have permanent calls to attract health personnel. In most cases, they offer high salaries and attractive working conditions to integrate doctors from other parts of the world.
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