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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 8802617" data-attributes="member: 9254">Great example! You need a 4 year degree plus a couple years of medical school plus residency before you really become a doctor!&nbsp; Only 0.4% of US population are MDs (1 million).Boy, wish we had some &quot;petty&quot; medical staff. One doctor per 250 people is a lot of work!So its good that aside from full medical doctors here in the US we have 300k advance practice registered nurses (e.g. nurse practioners), 3 million registered nurses, 600k licensed practical nurses , 1.6 million certified nursing assistants,&nbsp; and 200k paramedics. Then there are the millions of other medical techs like phlebotomists, sonogram, xray tech, etc.&nbsp; Which is why there are like 10 trained medical professionals for every full MD.Why? Because not every has the chops, the resources, or access to be a full MD. Much like a wizard.And yet, there are several million people in the US who can provide useful medical services without being an MD.If only imaginary magic were as flexible as the real world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 8802617, member: 9254"] Great example! You need a 4 year degree plus a couple years of medical school plus residency before you really become a doctor! Only 0.4% of US population are MDs (1 million). Boy, wish we had some "petty" medical staff. One doctor per 250 people is a lot of work! So its good that aside from full medical doctors here in the US we have 300k advance practice registered nurses (e.g. nurse practioners), 3 million registered nurses, 600k licensed practical nurses , 1.6 million certified nursing assistants, and 200k paramedics. Then there are the millions of other medical techs like phlebotomists, sonogram, xray tech, etc. Which is why there are like 10 trained medical professionals for every full MD. Why? Because not every has the chops, the resources, or access to be a full MD. Much like a wizard. And yet, there are several million people in the US who can provide useful medical services without being an MD. If only imaginary magic were as flexible as the real world. [/QUOTE]

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