Thai Women and the medical profession in Thailand

[peckerwood 60]

Just thought i would post this observation, which I find extremely interesting. Back in the US where I am from, the vast majority of medical doctors and dentists are male. The only exception I can think of are doctors for children (sorry, I forget the name). Otherwise, back in America I never once encountered a female doctor or dentist that treated me. But here in Thailand it is quite the opposite. Almost all the dentists I have encountered have been female. ALL the skin doctors have been female. Today I went to a followup visit to a female eye doctor. She looks like she is about 23 or 24 and is incredibly hot. But she must be pushing 30 at least, or she couldn't have finished medical school and residency. I have an appointment with her a week from now that I really don't need, but I may just keep the appointment to find out more about her and about female medical professionals here in Thailand..gists

[short 215]

From my observations, women and Indians seem to be taking over the family doctor positions in the states,

[Montydog 135]

Where about’s are you from, the 19^th century? Women doctors dentists opticians (is that what you mean when you say “eye doctor” ) etc have been practising in little old England for quite a while,

There called paediatricians BTW

[redwood13 56]

Having worked in heath care for 40 years prior to retiring, I would have estimated the percentage of women MD's to be about 30% in the US.

 

"........1970s, when only 10% of U.S. doctors were women. Today women account for one-third of the physician workforce. In U.S. medical schools, they make up half the class."

 

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081104183847.htm

 

-redwood

[joekicker 53]

I don't believe you'll find out much. It's not like there's some magic spell or deep, dark national secret. Women are doctors because they can. Women are in pretty well every business in Thailand because they can. No one thinks it is remarkable, if you ask "how come" they will probably look at you blankly. Of course, every individual has her (or his) own experience, but there's nothing noteworthy about it in the national or cultural sense. It just *is*.

[alphacat 12]

Have some comments on this. My friends Thai wife is a nurse in the UK. She is very well thought of and excellent in her job as a theatre nurse.Two of her Thai girl friends are Doctors.

 

One thing to remember is that the cost of qualifying in medicine in Thailand and say in India is far less than in say the Uk or probably the USA or Europe. To that end our student are in fact disadvantaged.

One girl we know married a Uk national but had to go back to Thailand to medical school as there was just no chance of completing such studies here because of the cost and the courses were full even if you could afford it.

 

Medicine still has residues of male domination in the UK (remember the Faulty Towers,Two doctors, episode! I you say 'Doctor' many people still think 'male'.

 

Females make great medical professionals and can often be better focused on patient care than males who can be more involved in medical practice. I think this is a relevent gender difference.

 

We really need to make medicine more accessible in the Uk its just not true anymore that those with top grades in 'A' level Maths, Chemistry and Physics actually make the best doctors.

[joekicker 53]

We really need to make medicine more accessible in the Uk its just not true anymore that those with top grades in 'A' level Maths, Chemistry and Physics actually make the best doctors.

 

You mean in the UK, people don't think that people who want to be doctors would make the best doctors?

 

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[Dungheap 243]

I don't believe you'll find out much. It's not like there's some magic spell or deep, dark national secret. Women are doctors because they can. Women are in pretty well every business in Thailand because they can. No one thinks it is remarkable, if you ask "how come" they will probably look at you blankly. Of course, every individual has her (or his) own experience, but there's nothing noteworthy about it in the national or cultural sense. It just *is*.

 

Spot on!

[alphacat 12]

You mean in the UK, people don't think that people who want to be doctors would make the best doctors?

 

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Dont know what peope think its not possible. But I do know some students who would make great doctors dont get the chance. Whilst others who dont, get on medical courses because they get top grades in pre university exams.

What we need is a SAT like the American system.

Then someone who only acheived say, a B in maths would still get the chance of selection. Some of our best potential doctors never get the chance.

[joekicker 53]

What we need is a SAT like the American system.

Then someone who only acheived say, a B in maths would still get the chance of selection. Some of our best potential doctors never get the chance.

 

Americans don't get to go to medical school because of the SAT, believe it. Basically, they get to go because they want to go. There *is* a money problem for some, and it means they can't go -- but apart from that..... It's definitely not what grades you got in high school.

 

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[jacko 8,814]

 

There called paediatricians BTW

Where?

[fisherman194 702]

Have some comments on this. My friends Thai wife is a nurse in the UK. She is very well thought of and excellent in her job as a theatre nurse.Two of her Thai girl friends are Doctors.

 

One thing to remember is that the cost of qualifying in medicine in Thailand and say in India is far less than in say the Uk or probably the USA or Europe. To that end our student are in fact disadvantaged.

One girl we know married a Uk national but had to go back to Thailand to medical school as there was just no chance of completing such studies here because of the cost and the courses were full even if you could afford it.

 

Medicine still has residues of male domination in the UK (remember the Faulty Towers,Two doctors, episode! I you say 'Doctor' many people still think 'male'.

 

Females make great medical professionals and can often be better focused on patient care than males who can be more involved in medical practice. I think this is a relevent gender difference.

 

We really need to make medicine more accessible in the Uk its just not true anymore that those with top grades in 'A' level Maths, Chemistry and Physics actually make the best doctors.

My experience whilst not wide is that the 4 doctors i have met and two dentists were all trained in the UK or the States

[2dave 8]

The doctor I had bee going to in Pattaya was US trained and she wants her children to complete their degrees overseas because she feels there is more opportunities for them.

[joekicker 53]

My experience whilst not wide is that the 4 doctors i have met and two dentists were all trained in the UK or the States

 

Australia was the dentists' training spot for a while, you'll find lots of them, too. And of course lately, lots of docs and dentists right from Thailand. But the foreign paper is still nice to have.

 

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[Montydog 135]

Where?

 

In hospitals/clinics and doctors surgeries mostly I would imagine!

[ozibill 546]

The first time I was treated by a female was 1944 and she was a dentist in the Royal Navy - And I think it was because the Services had to recruit women as Doctors, Dentists etc that the trend started then - since that time the ratio of women to men has been norrowing consistently - My last dentist in the UK was a lady , and my first in LOS was a lady - both were superb dentists . And yes , despite my age (or maybe because of it ) I fancied both of them .

[samfreeland 64]

Are there qualifications recognized overseas ? there are a lot of people here that are highly qualified in there own country but can only drive a taxi in NZ.

[joekicker 53]

Are there qualifications recognized overseas ? there are a lot of people here that are highly qualified in there own country but can only drive a taxi in NZ.

 

Isn't that pretty much true for all medical people, all countries? That's ONE reason the Thais like that foreign paper, of course. They can take it home and use it for that last bit of training to get the Thai paper, and be qualified twice.

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[peckerwood 60]

Where about’s are you from, the 19^th century? Women doctors dentists opticians (is that what you mean when you say “eye doctor” ) etc have been practising in little old England for quite a while, There called paediatricians BTW

No, eye doctors with an MD are called opthamologists. And actually, I told a little white lie. I knew that kids doctors are pediatricians, but I wan't sure how to spell it and i was just too lazy at the time to cut and paste it to MS word where I have a spell checker.

[MM 6,562]

No, eye doctors with an MD are called opthamologists ophthalmologists.

 

Close though.

[grayray44 49]

here in oz i've been a patient of the local surgery since 1950 on and off had a female doctor this past 28yrs.i travel 15miles out and back to see her each week,top shelf doctor for sure the only female i would trust outside me direct family.

when i was in hospital in pattaya in 97 had a female heart specialist looking after me good sort also,she just laugh at my feeble attempts to pull her

regards

grayray

[peckerwood 60]

Close though.

Good one. But you won't get me again, because I have discovered how to use the spell checker on the forum (duh). Anyway, why do you keep changing your avatar? Are you trying to go incognito? At any rate, they are all an improvement on the old pig head.

Edited December 12, 2011 by peckerwood

[peckerwood 60]

Having a female doctor does have it's downside. A couple of weeks ago I went to a dermatologist to have a wart removed from my dick. The doctor was female, as was her assistant. Neither one was particularly hot, but they were not unattractive either. Anyway, as I was lying on my back with my pants pulled down, they took an agonizingly long time. all the while handling my dick, to get the job done. To compound the problem, I had been out the night before on one of my sex binges and had ingested Viagra, which was still in my system with the attendant effects. Anyway, I felt my member stirring, but thankfully I was able to control it. If either one of these women had been as hot as my opthamoloist, I wouldn't have been able to control it.

[papillon 695]

In hospitals/clinics and doctors surgeries mostly I would imagine!

 

Whooooooooosh.