Exactly. If you create a regulatory system so strict that you cant make doctors, you end up with a shortage, and creating a new class of professionals that do what doctors did before.
I think there are parallels to nursing as well, with increasing credentialism and then creation of new classes. 30 years ago nurses entered the workforce with a 2 year associates from a junior college. Heck, my highschool had a nursing occupational program.
I think there are parallels to nursing as well, with increasing credentialism and then creation of new classes. 30 years ago nurses entered the workforce with a 2 year associates from a junior college. Heck, my highschool had a nursing occupational program.