Most countries have doctors skip undergrad which makes a huge difference. The US problem is people become doctors late in life and retire relatively soon after that. In UK Medical school might be 4-6 years, but saving 4+ up front and possibly a 'gap' year is huge. No only do people work longer, but they also have fewer years of compounding interest effing them over. Net result is you simply need around 20% fewer people to go though medical school.
Absolutely. It's crazy to me that "pre-med" is a psuedo degree. 4 years of your life to take a handful of relevant classes.
How much physics should a doctor know? Do you not agree that there is value in a well-rounded liberal education before specialization?
Re:Opaque drug pricing in the U.S.
by hocuspocus on Sunday March 12, 2017 @09:51PM
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> How much physics should a doctor know?
Most (all?) countries outside the US seem to agree that roughly one year of undergrad maths/physics/chemistry blended into their med school program is enough.
isn't that what highschool is meant to be?
None? I really, really don't care if the guy operating on my appendix can calculate torque. I care that he knows a lot about appendixes and has a steady hand.
Imagine if cardiologists all of a sudden went 'value-based free market' in their pricing. With all the retiring boomers in their waning years, I could very easily see 6 hours of labor for a staff of ~6-8 in the OR performing a bypass being billed at $100k.