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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Perhaps 8 years of college are too many. Let's at least shorten it to about 6.
Too many non-essential courses are required.
A doctor should not be expected to be all things to all people. So why is a doctor required to take X number of years of a foreign language?
How about courses like art appreciation and music appreciation etc. When was the last time you discussed art or music with your doctor?
Algebra? Trigonometry?
How does a doctor use algebra when diagnosing a patient? If diagnosis = y and treatment = x, outcome = Get real!!!
We end up paying for all the time and money they spend getting their education.
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Unless you are a physician, and I doubt that, you have no idea what you are talking about. If you want a doctor with less education of any kind, I hope you find one. Every experience in life, and yes , every class taken by anyone, teaches different things-maybe even having how to cope and learn things they don't think they need, but may find out someday that they learned far more in a certain course than they thought. You want someone who is well rounded with coping skills, self direction, and having to do something they may not want to do. You are assuming that all people going through medical school are going to be GP's, but they all have to rotate through Peds, OB, GYN, psych, surgery, community health and diseases, radiation, trauma, etc, etc. You never know what you will use in all these situations. I agree with RX who said they use classes like math in many instances, and when they need it, they need to know how to do it quickly. I could go on, but basically I don't know if 8 years is enough.