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MpVpRb t1_ixvgmqq wrote

What do you call the person who graduated at the bottom of their med school class?

Doctor

Scary, ain't it

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DiamondBurInTheRough t1_ixvt654 wrote

Anecdotal of course, but I would let some people who graduated near the bottom of my dental school class work on my teeth before some who graduated in the top 10. Class ranking ultimately doesn’t mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.

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Historical_Wing3120 t1_ixvto1s wrote

Same with law school. Intuition is s huge part of some professions, oddly enough.

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Embunny01 t1_ixvupeb wrote

I mean depends on education system of course but I hope/assume that the ones who graduated at “the bottom” still showed that they had learned and mastered “enough” to pass the level of required skills to get a medical degree.

Compared with the ones who didn’t graduate, even the ones who are at the “bottom” of the graduated ones should be competent enough to be a doctor. (Otherwise what’s the point with test people has to pass).

With that said unfortunately even in a good education system there probably are unprofessional/immoral doctors who weasel their way through

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Wendals87 t1_ixwscta wrote

it doesn't work that way. If they passed they are smart enough to be a doctor. If they passed but are at the bottom, they are still smart enough to be a doctor but just means there are other smarter people

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RealArgonwolf t1_ixxa0sf wrote

Yeah I get the joke but the idea that something or someone isn't good enough because they're not the absolute best is silly.

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pbrpunx t1_ixyisef wrote

If you're not first, you're last

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yurtfarmer t1_ixx47ld wrote

The schooling isn’t as important as you think , top or bottom, still pass, still doctor . The training, the residency is the key to their success.

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ben_vito t1_ixxz21k wrote

Just like all those olympic athletes that finish last at the Olympics. Terrible athletes , right? /s

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