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Many physicians make little or no effort to prescribe the least expensive drug and push unnecessary tests in order to pay off expensive equipment they've purchased so that they can collect fees for services. Likewise "heroic" end-of-life care is often driven by medical practitioners or institutions for the purpose of enriching themselves.

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The regular PhD bioscience postdoc earns some $42-45K. A lot of these ppl have the same basic sciences as an MD holder but w/o the clinical rotations.

Why can't they be converted into MDs with a shortened 1-2 yr bridge program?

And yes, we can use the USMLE boards to determine if they're qualified. It's not like these ppl don't know how to prep for exams.

Why can't they be converted into MDs with a shortened 1-2 yr bridge program?

Many medical schools do waive basic sciences for PhDs in science.

tovarichpeter says

Why can't they be converted into MDs with a shortened 1-2 yr bridge program?

Many medical schools do waive basic sciences for PhDs in science.

Only if it's in the same school.

If you to apply to let's say BU medical school, with a PhD from Carnegie-Mellon in biomedical engineering, you'll have to retake all of years 1 and 2, despite having studied all that stuff from earlier work.

one thing that is messed up is that if they join an MD/PhD program, they do 3 years of research on top of their med school and get awarded a PhD. They hardly do the same thing as someone who actually completed their PhD.