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Re:My students cheated... a lot by BeetleB on Sunday May 29, 2022 @11:06AM (#31549703)
> I think there is a fundamental distinction between the professions of medicine and law, in that they have licensing boards that are a means of ensuring a standardized minimum amount of competency.

You might want to read the transcript of this This American Life episode:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/719/trust-me-im-a-doctor

The summary: Licensing boards do a really poor job in maintaining quality. You can do extremely bad things as a doctor and still keep your license.

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Re:My students cheated... a lot by bumby on Sunday May 29, 2022 @11:39AM (#31549990)
I'm certainly not claiming regulatory boards are perfect. Far from it. But I do maintain that some quality control and accountability is preferable to the alternative of no quality control and accountability.
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