Orac explains:
When faced with the prospect of taking anywhere from 4 to 12 years to finish training in a specialty so that they can actually practice, during which time they make a pittance in salary and work ridiculously long hours, even with the 80-hour work-week restrictions, more and more of the best and brightest are deciding it’s just not worth it.











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