Iman Basit

Public Policy Grad @blousteinschool | Research Assistant @HeldrichCenter

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@okaybhaee @MahaAslamRaja lol

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@AbdullahAltaf97 @OhioStateSurg @timpawlik @Mujtabakhalil @OSUWexMed If I could like this twice, I would.

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@Yumnaa328 This was such a moving read. You made me feel the weight of every moment. Keeep sharing please!!

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This legal maneuver effectively protected the NRMP's monopoly, sidelining meaningful competition or reform, and perpetuating a system that underpays and overworks vital future practitioners.

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In an economics class on monopolies, it dawned on me how the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), or "The Match” resembles a monopoly in the medical education and residency system. Monopolies limit competition and choice, which is what happens with The Match. 🧵

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Fixing this will not be easy. When The Match monopoly drew a credible antitrust challenge in 2002, American hospitals and medical schools simply used their formidable lobbying arms to slip an exemption into an unrelated and urgent pension bill, which Congress dutifully passed.

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Just as money mediates societal relations, exams mediate edu relationships, leading to outcomes that reduce rich human interactions to competitive, quantifiable terms.

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The realization hits with each exam I take: exams are the edu system's currency. They turn students into competitors in pursuit of grades, and teachers from mentors into evaluators to be feared. Teachers assess students through exam performance, reducing them to numbers.

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When assessing our situation compared to others, it's vital to keep that ladder in mind rather than rendering it invisible.

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Becoming very common in Pak for the well to do to claim that the working class evades hard work and conveniently asks for cash to cover their expenses.
Refusing to help is a choice, but making value judgments and branding people as lazy is misguided.

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This is the case with the working class.
Ongoing challenges like medical bills and rent strain their income, despite their tireless efforts.

Social mobility is never the outcome of our hard work; there is always a ladder, regardless of its size, contributing to progress.