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The individual doctors don't have much choice when they're heavily indebted by the time they become doctors. We (the AMA?) regulate where a doctor gets their e
by givemeethekeys 3y ago
The individual doctors don't have much choice when they're heavily indebted by the time they become doctors.
We (the AMA?) regulate where a doctor gets their education in order to become a doctor. This gives schools a lot of power. It also gives hospitals a lot of power when those doctors work insane shifts during their rotations.
- nradov 3y agoThe AMA is only a private professional association. They have some political influence but no regulatory authority. Medical schools have to be accredited so that's one limiting factor. But the real bottleneck today is more lack of slots in graduate medical education (residency) programs. Every year there are some students who graduate with an MD but can't practice medicine because they don't get matched to a residency program. To expand the supply we have to start there. https://www.ama-assn.org/education/gme-funding/save-graduate-medical-education https://www.ama-assn.org/education/gme-funding/save-graduate...
- givemeethekeys 3y agoMaybe they should be able to gain experience abroad towards their accreditation. Win win win. They get accredited. The country receiving them gets well-educated help. We end up with more doctors.