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Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ... by rifung on Monday October 10, 2016 @06:32PM (#12680284)
I have a friend in med school and his experience doesn't sound like tech hiring at all. From what I can tell, med school isn't hard because of rent seeking, but because there is frankly just a very large amount of things you have to learn in a short amount of time. They also have to work extremely long hours on certain rotations. I was shocked at how little sleep he could get on some days.

On the other hand, he seems to not have experienced the bullying described in the article, so maybe that part of it is the rent seeking you describe.

I do think that tech hiring is a little ridiculous at times, but if doctors mess up, people sometimes die. It would make much more sense for them to go through accreditation like engineers do, in my opinion of course.

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Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ... by dmoy on Monday October 10, 2016 @06:34PM (#12680297)
Agree with most bits, but the hours thing is ridiculous in med, in a very bad way. It doesn't have to be either... (Slowly changing for the better).
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Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ... by elboru on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @10:40AM (#12684785)
You described the exact same problems med school students have in Mexico, I used to think that was just a thing in my country, it's amazing how little they sleep since the beginning and how they have to keep doing it for years, depending on what specialization they have that could mean 5, 10, 12 years.
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Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ... by kcanini on Monday October 10, 2016 @07:37PM (#12680672)
Doctors do go through an accreditation process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Medical_Licensin...
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Re:Medical school can be brutal, and it’s making many of us ... by rifung on Monday October 10, 2016 @08:49PM (#12681112)
The person I was replying to mentioned that some other countries don't have an accreditation board. I was trying to imply that I approve of its existence, not that there isn't one. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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