Medical schools struggle with not being able to send away unsuitable students. They argue for broader options to make it easier to remove these doctors in training from training, reports the Algemeen Dagblad.
After the shooting in Rotterdam by medical student Fouad L., the question is more topical than ever. “If a student poses an immediately demonstrable danger, you do not want a procedure that takes years,” the AD writes.
After the shooting of Fouad L. in Rotterdam’s Erasmus MC, the question arises as to how medical students who seem unsuitable to become a good doctor can still get so far in their training. The medical student had obtained all credits to receive his degree, but the Public Prosecution Service warned in a letter about his behavior and wondered whether he could become a suitable doctor.
A tour of medical schools shows that there are concerns about dozens of doctors in training. They show time and time again that they cannot communicate well with patients or colleagues, that they lack the skills to properly puncture people, for example, or that they have psychological problems that are not under control.