I see how student loan forgiveness and lowering the cost of education would help, but what’s actually wrong with the residency progam that makes you say to scrap it rather than rase the pay? As someone who knows next to nothing, isn’t it basically just a was for medical students to gain some experience and turn theoretical knowledge into practical knowledge?
It’s supposed to be for them to gain experience and turn theoretical knowledge into practical, however it’s mainly used as a cheap form of labour. The students make next to nothing and are often working/on call for 80 hours a week.
They learn a lot, but past a certain point they aren’t retaining any knowledge, and worse can be dangerous to the patients. A lot of hospitals are basically run by mostly residents being guided by a handful of attending physicians.
I see how student loan forgiveness and lowering the cost of education would help, but what’s actually wrong with the residency progam that makes you say to scrap it rather than rase the pay? As someone who knows next to nothing, isn’t it basically just a was for medical students to gain some experience and turn theoretical knowledge into practical knowledge?
It’s supposed to be for them to gain experience and turn theoretical knowledge into practical, however it’s mainly used as a cheap form of labour. The students make next to nothing and are often working/on call for 80 hours a week.
They learn a lot, but past a certain point they aren’t retaining any knowledge, and worse can be dangerous to the patients. A lot of hospitals are basically run by mostly residents being guided by a handful of attending physicians.