John Barnes is very right, it is in all facets of our lives. Unfortunately, these issues are rarely discussed so the causes could be dealt with once and for all. Few of us professionals suffer in silence as a result of these and other similar ones. This stereotype could also be wholesomely summarised according to a study done by General Medical Council (GMC): "In recent years, the public profile of the medical profession has been damaged by negative media coverage, focused on the supposed failings of foreign doctors, stories of criminality by medics and extensive coverage of high-profile fitness to practise cases. Although the reputation of the medical profession remains good according to other measures, this sustained diet of negative coverage, conforming to a few stereotyped models, may feed the increase in complaints by contributing to a highly critical backdrop against which medical consultations are now experienced. Foreign doctors News stories involving clinical negligence or other wrong-doing by ‘foreign doctors’ have been common during the period under examination (Leach and Donnelly 2012; Macrae 2007; political obsession with immigration provides newspapers with the opportunity to tap into the assumed zeitgeist of public opinion. The two principal discursive strategies pervading this genre are that immigration and a non-British ethnicity are synonymous with criminality (Lynn & Lea 2003) and/or professional incompetence". As a consequence, various regulatory bodies or other authorities with power carry these biases when dealing with complaints/allegations, they are often therefore quick to rule against the foreign named professionals ruining their hard earned careers. The Judiciary is also very complicit in such injustice that are causing mental health issues and deaths. Why can't we all just get along as one human race? 😭😭😭
John Barnes is very right, it is in all facets of our lives. Unfortunately, these issues are rarely discussed so the causes could be dealt with once and for all. Few of us professionals suffer in silence as a result of these and other similar ones.
This stereotype could also be wholesomely summarised according to a study done by General Medical Council (GMC):
"In recent years, the public profile of the medical profession has been damaged by negative media coverage, focused on the supposed failings of foreign doctors, stories of criminality by medics and extensive coverage of high-profile fitness to practise cases. Although the reputation of the medical profession remains good according to other measures, this sustained diet of negative coverage, conforming to a few stereotyped models, may feed the increase in complaints by contributing to a highly critical backdrop against which medical consultations are now experienced.
Foreign doctors
News stories involving clinical negligence or other wrong-doing by ‘foreign doctors’ have been common during the period under examination (Leach and Donnelly 2012; Macrae 2007; political obsession with immigration provides newspapers with the opportunity to tap into the assumed zeitgeist of public opinion. The two principal discursive strategies pervading this genre are that immigration and a non-British ethnicity are synonymous with criminality (Lynn & Lea 2003) and/or professional incompetence".
As a consequence, various regulatory bodies or other authorities with power carry these biases when dealing with complaints/allegations, they are often therefore quick to rule against the foreign named professionals ruining their hard earned careers. The Judiciary is also very complicit in such injustice that are causing mental health issues and deaths.
Why can't we all just get along as one human race? 😭😭😭