What level Physician skill should an MD have?

[Kraydak]

Originally Posted by Kromm

At the current intensity of undergraduate education and work terms/residencies, I'd go with about 2 points/year, total, in associated skills, techniques, and perks. Someone who has a flat four-year MD has 8 points to distribute; someone who does another four years of specialization has 16 points to distribute. Spend them as you like. The contrast between {Diagnosis (H) IQ [4], Physician (H) IQ [4]} and {Diagnosis (Optional Specialty) (A) IQ+2 [8], Physician (Optional Specialty) (A) IQ+2 [8]} is huge, and the latter person may also have access to perks like Cutting-Edge Training, Efficient, and Hyper-Specialization that aren't taught below the specialist level.

A) The above analysis is completely inconsistent with a flat Professional=12. Good.

B) Med school intensity is far, far beyond undergraduate education.

C) Society definitely seems to be seeing a return well above 2 cp/year of undergraduate education. Which is good, because university is expensive (even outside the US, where other people foot the bill).