This is how it was in 1985 when I graduated.
Except We were called Doctor.
Yup. That's how it was until gov't "fixed" another problem, making things awkward, difficult and more expensive.
Medical licenses in most states required 1 year of training after medical school, an internship or PGY-1 year. (New Hampshire didn't require even an internship to become licensed for US graduates IIRC.)
Residents could and would moonlight, taking night call at other hospitals that didn't have house staff.
Not as I recall. In rdeeto get a license and practice as a GP you had to complete a year of internship and pass step 3. They are talking about no internship and no step 3