密歇根新闻广播 特朗普的移民禁令导致密歇根医生短缺

President Trump's immigration ban of seven countries with predominantly Muslim populations is causing consequences to healthcare.

An article for The Conversation outlines what's at stake.

While the immigration ban is temporarily suspended by the courts, the authors of the article write that the travel ban has already had significant consequences.

"This is actually a pretty key time in the graduate medical education timeline," said John Burkhardt, a lecturer and physician with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan.

He said students are getting ready to match into residency, where physicians train in hospitals, while program directors are deciding which students they'll ask to join their programs.

"I think the overall uncertainty¹ about what the culture for international medical students is going to be in the future makes it both uncomfortable for the applicants² as well as the programs trying to make a decision on who to invite," he said.

In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, the American Medical Association said the ban could affect people who are already underserved by health care professionals by limiting doctors from other countries.

Mahshid Abir is an assistant professor and physician with the Department of Emergency Medicine and director of the Acute Care Research Unit at the University of Michigan. She said immigrant physicians serve in rural and underserved areas around the country.

"Urban centers or safety net hospitals in both urban and rural areas are staffed by physicians from other nations who train in the U.S.," she said. "So by implementing³ such a ban, we will kind of restrict workforce⁴. And the hospitals will have to struggle to staff appropriately."

Abir is also one of the doctors affected⁵ by the temporarily suspended ban.

"This is actually very personal for me, being an Iranian Jewish physician immigrant," she said. "I came here in 1991 at the age of 18 and I have had the privilege to serve multiple communities across the U.S. – served many patients, saved lives. And I feel like, aside from the numbers and the absolute percentages of physicians that [the ban] may affect or may not affect down the line, the fact that we need a diverse workforce to serve a nation of immigrants I think is really important."

Burkhardt agreed.

"There's a lot of good evidence that diversity has important patient-care outcomes regarding who gets care and the quality of that care," he said. "And by closing off a voice from outside the country, we hurt ourselves and we hurt our patients – which is really what, as physicians, we're most dedicated⁶ to trying to prevent."

For the full conversation, including why our country has such a long-term doctor shortage and how the health care industry could respond should the ban clear the courts, listen above.

1 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

2 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

3 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

4 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。