Not before they have an md. As interns they practice under the surge in’s license
There is a huge difference
Interns and residents have teaching licenses. They practice under supervision, but have their own ticket.
...Not before they have an md.
I did, but that was 40 years ago. Much preceding training occurred, and it was heavily... mentored
Medical students routinely participate and are scrubbed in to surgery in academic institutions, I learned to sew by closing the open saphenous vein harvests in bypass surgery. It took me as long to sew the leg from heel to thigh as it did for the surgeon to actually to the actual surgery
Point being — in the operating room significant technical procedures are taught to medical students, and under the academic institution and it is perfectly legal. A patient can refuse to have a student, but it is accepted and required practice for the training of physicians.