There is no reason why we cannot take reasonably bright high school students and turn them into MD’s in a five year program. This is what the rest of the world does. I have taken both organic and physics and see no reason for those to be absolutely required the parts of those disciplines that a MD needs to know could easily be included in their other classes. The doctors union the AMA is the one that wants to limit the number of doctors to increase doctors pay. The current system rewards the obsessive Doctor god personality all too much. I pick osteopaths for my primary care doctors because they usually have at least some humanity left. If the AMA objects too strongly call the new doctors Practical doctors and restrict their practice to general practice that would let all the AMA crowd become specialists which is what they seem to want anyhow.
The AMA supported health care reform, which will diminish doctors pay.
The clogged pipeline is not due to the B.S. requirement though, it is getting enough teaching doctors. I think something can be said for the broader approach of requiring a B.S. degree as well in making a more well rounded person. I also like the idea of the maturity of a 24 year old versus a 21 year old seeing patients.
That being said I agree with your assessment of Organic Chemistry (especially the second semester - it is just a gatekeeper course). On the other hand non-calculus based Physics is important and should be retained (most top notch High School students can do it as Seniors anyway).
All joking aside, I don’t think a fast-track Dr is a bad idea at all. My problem is how they are trying to get these liberal arts tards to take part in something that you need a hard science background for. That quote about the “social” causes of health problems should be all you need to scare you about this approach.
The AMA is an elitist liberal bunch that fewer than 1 in 4 docs belongs to. That is like saying the DNC represents the membership of free republic.
>> There is no reason why we cannot take reasonably bright high school students and turn them into MD’s in a five year program.
>> I have taken both organic and physics and see no reason for those to be absolutely required the parts of those disciplines that a MD needs to know
I completely disagree. Let them be technicians.