Who decides on how many MD’s we graduate?

It’s probably determined mostly by how many med schools there are and how many students they can handle in each class.

Who decides whether to build a new med school? I don’t know.

There’s one here in my town and it’s part of the local university. They handle about 50 students in each class. The size was probably set by the size of the school, the number of local hospitals where they’re associated and other factors like that.

However, having said that, it would seem there’s always pressure to keep the number of students down, so they can keep profits up and the total number of working doctors limited, but like oil, very profitable.

Oh, you also have to consider that educating a doctor takes a long time and after med school they also have long residencies which have to occur in teaching hospitals. It’s a very labor and capital intensive process.

Sadly, Yale has been employing union-busters since forever. I remember it going on when I was there twenty-five years ago, though I wasn’t up on union issues as much then.

Disgraceful!

You mean since Bart Giamatti was president of Yale?

“Developing a civilian reserve corps, analogous to the military reserves. The
civilian reserve corps would utilize, in a flexible and timely manner, the
human resources of the American people for skills and capacities needed for
international disaster relief and post-conflict reconstruction.”

and

“The Need for Action

The new strategic environment requires new approaches to deterrence and defense. Our
deterrence strategy no longer rests primarily on the grim premise of inflicting devastating
consequences on potential foes. Both offenses and defenses are necessary to deter state
and non-state actors, through denial of the objectives of their attacks and, if necessary,
responding with overwhelming force.
Safe, credible, and reliable nuclear forces continue to play a critical role. We are
strengthening deterrence by developing a New Triad composed of offensive strike
systems (both nuclear and improved conventional capabilities); active and passive
defenses, including missile defenses; and a responsive infrastructure, all bound together
by enhanced command and control, planning, and intelligence systems. These
capabilities will better deter some of the new threats we face, while also bolstering our
security commitments to allies. Such security commitments have played a crucial role in
convincing some countries to forgo their own nuclear weapons programs, thereby aiding
our nonproliferation objectives.”

Whenever C-Span whatever replays todays AG hearings, catch them, and in particular, Leahy’s lead-in wrt torture and what follows, the literal thumping that Senator Whitehouse gives to Mukasey.
Man, I wish I had Senators like this in California.

I wish we had Senators like this everywhere. We deserve better and will work for it. Blue America!

Oil up over $90. per barrel.

The $90 oil referenced was the futures contract. The Cushing spot closed at $89.47. These prices are driven by pure speculation and are being sustained by large amounts of highly leveraged hedge fund money. It is I believe causing a mini-bubble, which means it will go forward until it hits a wall and collapse back to a more reasonable level in the $70-75 level. We are in uncharted territory and these price movements are irrational, i.e. unpredictable. We will have to wait and see what happens.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/…..b01_layout

Congratulations to Fitz. Hope he lives in wedded bliss, literally!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 34

Who decides on how many MD’s we graduate?

I can’t answer that but I can tell you I have run into several who couldn’t diagnose their way out of a wet paper bag.

From what university and what country did they get their degree? Their internship? Performance rating? Beware!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mn4daYJzyls