First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts starting in July

Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by jimlawruk on Friday March 10, 2017 @01:33PM (#13840845)

Hopefully future AI can help alleviate the healthcare shortages we seem to be facing.

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Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by lettergram on Friday March 10, 2017 @01:40PM (#13840895)

Or they can increase the number of people going through medical schools. The AAMC understands the law(s) of supply and demand and doesn't want too many new medical doctors, then they would get paid less.

For reference, the number of students graduating from medical school is dropping:

https://www.aamc.org/download/321526/data/factstableb1-2.pdf

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Re:First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts... by dominotw on Friday March 10, 2017 @01:37PM (#13840875)

or we can just import foreign doctors like NHS does.

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