View Poll Results: Should practicing US physicians be required to speak fluent English?

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  • Yes

    45 81.82%

  • No

    6 10.91%

  • Well, my legs are too long and I straddle the fence.

    0 0%

  • Expecting people to speak English in an English speaking country is wrong.

    3 5.45%

  • My English isn't fluent enough to understand and vote in this poll.

    1 1.82%
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  1. 02-10-2010, 02:34 AM #2
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    English is a must.
    I have to communicate with a lot of Chinese students and they frankly are completely oblivious about the meaning of many common terms that we use.
    I had the ridiculous experience to talk to a person that has no idea what Acetone is, and can't make the difference between a pump and a valve...
    I wonder how they passed their TOEFL/GREs???
    I guess learning the dictionary by heart is not good enough, I have heard that's the common practice in China. I am not a native speaker either but most Americans understand me just fine when I talk.
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