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Nat NATION the BATTa the battalion 9 A Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Fewer foreigners seek edical training CHICAGO (AP) — The number of foreign medical H:hool graduates seeking train ing in the United States has ■lummeted since the start of an expensive new test that requires them to demonstrate their Knglish skills, a study found. The number of foreign grad- bates taking the exam, required If applicants for residencies and ■ellowships, dropped by more than half between 1997 and lo()l, from 36,231 to 16,828. lesearchers found. The decline coincided with a Requirement instituted in 1998 |hat they pass a clinical skills Assessment, during which they nust communicate with fake ■'patients” in English and are Scored on the staged encounters. The study’s authors suggest ■hat foreign students may be dis- ^ftuadcd by the prospect of hav ing their English evaluated. The Authors also cited the $1,200 :ost of the test and the expense >f traveling to Philadelphia, the Sole examination site. Dr. Alex Yadao, president of the American College of International Physicians, said the exam and other required tests, as well as the travel expenses, can amount to several thousand dollars. “Foreign doctors cannot afford that,” he said. The study, conducted by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, appears in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. The study involved foreign ers who applied for 2(X)1 pro grams that began before the Sept. 1 1 terrorist attacks. Newer figures suggest that foreign applications have surged since Sept. 11, said the lead author. Dr. Gerald Whelan. The longer-term downward trend “could have a significant impact on the overall graduate medical education population and the resulting U.S. medical work force,” the researchers said, because foreign medical graduates consistently represent about one-fourth of both groups. A similar clinical-skills test proposed for U.S. medical stu- NEWS IN BRIEF dents has prompted objections from the AMA and other groups concerned about the exam’s cost and effectiveness. Fewer foreigners apply to be doctors The number of international medical graduates seeking U.S. medical training has plummeted. The drop in applicants coincides with new evaluations for spoken English. Number of international medical graduates taking required exam for advanced medical training 40.000 35.000 H5 =jj= 30.000 W. 25.000 ® 20.000 || 15,000 S M B| 10.000 § 5.000 5 — '95 96 97 98 99 00 01 SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association • •••! SAHA,. . Lawson w* >prmg spec* t renovation' Ited Lawsuit against monsignor dropped after questions BOSTON (AP) — A former altar boy who alleged that a high ranking Roman Catholic priest molested him in the 1980s withdrew his lawsuit Tuesday after questions arose about the validity of his claims. Monsignor Michael Smith Foster, the chief canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Boston, had maintained his innocence and said he was dev astated by the accusations. Paul Edwards, 35, claimed in a lawsuit filed last month against the archdiocese and Foster that the priest molested him repeatedly in the 1980s when Edwards was a teenage altar boy. On Tuesday, Edwards filed a motion to dismiss his lawsuit. It was dropped with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled later, said Foster lawyer Ellen Martin. Last week, Edwards' former lawyer, Eric J. Parker, withdrew from the case saying "issues arose, central to the allegations" by Edwards. Church officials had said Edwards' claims that Foster raped him in his bedroom were implau sible because of rules that prevented altar boys from visiting priests' quarters for any significant period of time. 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