Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Besides, most decent professions have “regulatory barriers to entry” - ours just happens to coincide with experience, not education.
In our case, experience IS the best education... nobody's come up with an academic curriculum which is a good substitute for experience. Despite what riddle, et al might claim
Actually doctors have to get a lot of clinical experience as well after med school, and they used to get paid $30K and work 100 hours/week while doing it (conditions have improved recently). The more lucrative specialties require even more years of clinical experience as an intern.