There are already plenty of “doctor light” medical practitioners that are trained more like engineers than physicians—physicians assistants and nurse practitioners—as well as more focused practitioners like physical therapists and optometrists who aren’t required to do a residency.

When people talk about reducing the requirements to become a physician, they almost always just end up recreating physicians assistants and nurse practitioners.

I’ll also point out that my wife has an engineering degree from a top tier school and a medical degree. She says the engineering degree was a joke compared to med school. Not even close to comparable in difficulty because of the sheer amount of information you have to take in.