I feel that the Cuban's practice of having their new doctors work in underserved areas is a great contribution to humanity. Since they do not stay within the country, the doctors fill the void of health care needs in other poorer countries. I also feel that the experience opens up an entirely different way of thinking for these newly graduated individuals. Serving abroad may also help train the physicians more comprehensively allowing them to practice medicine in a much different manner with limited resources.

The concept is not totally unfamiliar in America. There is a government sponsored full-ride scholarship that places students in an underserved area within the country after medical school for 4 years. The U.S. does not even graduate enough medical students to fill the void of the growing gap of physicians and probably could not send graduates who want to go to other countries even if we wanted to.

I feel that other countries can learn by example of Cuba. They enroll med students from poor communities and medical school is not solely reserved for the wealthy like it is in many other developed countries. These students are then more likely to continue serving in communities similar to where they were raised.