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From the Kaiser network.org -- The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday examined efforts to help foreign-born doctors practicing in North Texas with English-language proficiency to avoid unintended errors in patient communication. Nearly 25% of the 45,500 licensed physicians practicing in Texas received their medical degree from a foreign nation and likely speak English as a second language, according to data from the Texas Medical Board. In 2007, the state medical board handled physicians trained in 83 different foreign nations. About 30%, or 1,032, of the physicians licensed in Texas last year received their medical education at a foreign school, and because the state is facing a physician shortage an effort has been made to attract more foreign physicians to the area, according the Morning News.

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Posted by Langorang on 2009-01-03 00:01:50

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