[AOII Angel]

Honestly, sitting in class and being lectured to does not a good doctor make. There are so many facets to a good doctor, and a PhD, not being a doctor, wouldn't know what it would take to be a good doctor. I would trust them to tell me whether or not the student mastered the subject matter. When I stated that some PhDs are jealous, I did say SOME...and I stand by that statement. Yes. It takes a long time to get a PhD, but is frequently easier to get into a program and much less lucrative which leads to sour grapes for SOME. In all professions you will have the good and the bad, but you can't chalk it up to attendance at school lectures. My husband is probably one of the best pediatric endocrinologists you'll find. He's gifted...probably because he was a child prodigy, but I digress. He skipped nearly the half a semester of second year after his parents split up and decided not to drop out of school at the last minute. I also know plenty of physicians that never missed a class but can't put the didactics and clinical aspects together. Medicine is as much an art as it is a science. The challenge is to take the knowledge gained the first two years and being able to apply it in clinical practice. It's very common to see the class rank reverse in the second two years of school. What you think you know about medical school and doctors could fill a thimble. Very few doctors go out and practice without completing residencies...nowadays, few will practice without doing fellowships. Yes, an intern can call himself Doctor, but after going to school for 8 years post high school, I think he deserves it! (Dr.Phil I use he in the neutral sense.)