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[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 days ago (3 children)

My daughter is about 2 years from graduating high school, and even before Trump came into office I was urging her to consider non-US colleges. Mostly because she wants to go into medicine and our healthcare system has been broken for much longer than I can remember. But also the rise of Fox News (and others) getting away with stating provable lies as fact, Joe Rogan, et al. showed that there has been an inflection point and the country is being led around by the dumbest of us.

She's fluent in Spanish, though jumping straight into a medical program would introduce a lot of new specialized words, and might be to much. We're starting to look into options though.

[–] tbs9000@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Healthcare in the US is terrible, but part of that is how much providers can charge. Healthcare providers aren’t able to charge as much in communities where it’s considered a basic human right. If she practices outside the US her earnings will probably not be as high - and thats even considering the insurance healthcare providers need to carry to account for lawsuits.

The biggest problem in the US is how the insurance companies insert themselves between the doctor and patient, and tell you what services you're allowed to receive without even being in the room for the diagnosis.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

College introduces a lot of new words in general. It is what it's for, plus, she will be in pre-med. Go for the Spanish route. She will flourish. :) Spain is so lovely. I hope I can land something there next.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ugh, Spain is amazing. I dream of that country.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Specially in smaller cities away of the big two.

Working in Rota was absolutely frustrating trying to get anything done

Very true. If she's up for the challenge I really want her to do that. I'd love more reasons to go to Spain.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Medical English is largely stripped-down Latin, I wonder how similar medical Spanish is

[–] captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The technical terms are very similar. The only issue would be the colloquial terms.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean English is sorta the science lingua franca so I imagine most of the technical words would be lone words if they showed up in a paper first.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

*loan words, as they were loaned to the language in question.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I interpreted it as meaning lone words as in only a few here and there.

[–] Darkmoon_UK@lemm.ee 0 points 18 hours ago

You're too generous 😅

We interact with people from numerous Spanish speaking countries as part of an intern program, and the one thing every new group says is how funny each other's slang sounds to the rest of the group. She might have a rough month or two, but then I think it would be fairly smooth after that.