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Bigger threat to Florida than a Category 5 Hurricane


(11-06-2018, 11:43 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:
(11-06-2018, 11:04 AM)mikesez Wrote: Trade school to be a plumber or electrician would be an extreme example of what I'm talking about.
The number of things that we would both expect an MD to know is much bigger and takes more years than what we expect of an electrician or plumber.
And I never said that tough weed-out courses weren't warranted sometimes.
I just happen to think, when we have fewer doctors per capita than any European country, and a few Latin American countries, perhaps we have too many tough, non-related, weed-out courses. Supply is low, and kept low by ivory tower elites who don't care for patients. Perhaps that's why prices are high?

Just so I am clear, you are propsoing that we somehow lower the standard for people to become doctors because we have fewer doctors per capita than other countries?

Is it possible we just have less motivated people in our society today?

Our number of doctors per capita has been about what it is now for a very, very, very long time.  The AMA tightly controls the number of people allowed to get residency positions each year.  If all we did was reduce the number of courses, without breaking the AMA's chokehold, you'd end up with the same number of doctors.  The first thing to do is expand the number of residency slots and med school slots, and see if they all get filled up with qualified applicants.  They probably would get filled up.  If they didn't, then look at relaxing the number of courses required.
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RE: Bigger threat to Florida than a Category 5 Hurricane - by mikesez - 11-06-2018, 12:19 PM



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