> The real issue is when do you get to truly practice without supervision, and t...

		triceratops on May 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Researchers chart path to drastically lower admini... > The real issue is when do you get to truly practice without supervision, and that's much earlier in the US. Is it? If a doctor in the UK can graduate from medical school and practice as a GP 6 years out of secondary school, but for a US doctor it takes 8-9 years, it's not really "earlier". What you're talking about is status within the profession.

For GPs, it may be true. I admit I was speaking from the POV of a specialist.