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Old 11-10-2014, 07:54 PM
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If you're saying we should let people apply to med school after only 2 years of university, then we would see a whole bunch of folks that don't have the building blocks needed to pass the first year of medical school. Take a look at a typical pre med curriculum. I think the problem here is that you don't have a very good idea of what a pre med and medical education entail.
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It seems that U.S. physicians don't live as long, on average, as the rest of the population. I believe the average lifespan in the U.S. is about 78.

White physicians only live to 73 on average
Black doctors................68.7
Surgeons................68

And we entrust our health to them because they are better educated and well rounded.
I don't think that VPL is serious about doctors having "too much education".
I think he is just being controversial. But if he is serious, Barry, I want to be on your team too.
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