The US stands out in having so few physicians per capita (per 1000 it's 3.6 in the US, here in Sweden it's 7.1, in Germany 4.5, Spain in 4.6). This has been discussed before here before, and I don't think it was controversial that a sensible solution was to simply have more physicians.
I think one major thing that the US is doing wrong with that which is not so well known is that the training starts rather late in life. Thus you get less out of the physicians you train. Here in Sweden a physician has a MSc in medicine and is ready to meet patients and be trained when he's 23, and I think this has the benefit that there's no need to overwork them.
By the time they're 30 they'll have all the experience the need without having been overworked, and not sleeping enough kills intelligence, memory, drive, all mental qualities one may have.
I think these two policies, ensuring that people graduate earlier-- removing the pre-med and having people start right away with a medicine program, and graduating in 5.5 years, that's the right approach.
Physicians would earn less, but they'd have substantially better lives. Being able to start younger also means success younger, and happier families.
The US stands out in having so few physicians per capita (per 1000 it's 3.6 in the US, here in Sweden it's 7.1, in Germany 4.5, Spain in 4.6). This has been discussed before here before, and I don't think it was controversial that a sensible solution was to simply have more physicians.
I think one major thing that the US is doing wrong with that which is not so well known is that the training starts rather late in life. Thus you get less out of the physicians you train. Here in Sweden a physician has a MSc in medicine and is ready to meet patients and be trained when he's 23, and I think this has the benefit that there's no need to overwork them.
By the time they're 30 they'll have all the experience the need without having been overworked, and not sleeping enough kills intelligence, memory, drive, all mental qualities one may have.
I think these two policies, ensuring that people graduate earlier-- removing the pre-med and having people start right away with a medicine program, and graduating in 5.5 years, that's the right approach.
Physicians would earn less, but they'd have substantially better lives. Being able to start younger also means success younger, and happier families.