[rscho]

Americans like to believe that becoming a doctor is so much harder in the US. This is not true. I am a foreign medical grad. It is actually pretty easy to get a passing mark on your exams, and from that pov your system is not what it seems. What's hard in the US is getting into med school. But it's not that much harder than in Europe, apart from the cost of course, which acts as the major barrier in your country.

In fact, education and medical systems are different enough between Europe and the US that saying one is harder is very subjective. For instance, american specialists are really hyperspecialized. They often excel at what they do, and are completely ignorant of other fields. Europeans often have a much broader medical knowledge. They are also far less aggressive. All in all, I much prefer Europe.

[deltaonethree]

I actually don't know first hand. I only heard it was easier and thought it was a well known fact. Thanks to your comment I think it may just be a popular myth rather than a well known fact.

Either way if you're saying the "hardness" is the same, the conclusion still stands. "Hardness" is not the metric that is making European quality of care better than the US because both countries have the same "hardness".