It's medical students, not residents, who take research years, and that's only for extremely competitive specialties.
The lack of doctors, as it has always been, is because of the shortage of residency spots.
That cannot be addressed without Congress reversing 50+ years of neoliberalism trends and political failure and refusal to invest in public services and/or a communist revolution. Good luck fixing that.
I just grabbed a random program listing for urologists at NYU Langone [1]:
> Residents spend the first (intern) year of the training program completing both general surgery and urology rotations, and years two through five in urology. During year three, residents also conduct clinical research with a faculty mentor in a subspecialty of their choice.
It's medical students, not residents, who take research years, and that's only for extremely competitive specialties.
The lack of doctors, as it has always been, is because of the shortage of residency spots.
That cannot be addressed without Congress reversing 50+ years of neoliberalism trends and political failure and refusal to invest in public services and/or a communist revolution. Good luck fixing that.