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Hmm I don't read the quoted text as a personal attack (snarky, okay fine) and I certainly don't see anything "underhanded" about what I posted, but if you think I'm posting in bad faith (all too endemic online, unfortunately), I don't think you can be faulted for not wanting to engage. That's certainly fair. And honestly, if you felt it was personal, I can apologize. Sorry.

That being said, you've made ~15 comments itt, in which you're variously appealed to your own authority ("Given my background, I understand exactly what residents do". Actually, I don't know any medical resident who could make such a statement, given how broad and diverse the fields that postgraduate medical training encompasses are, but sure.), and made repeated statements about what residents are and aren't capable of, all seemingly without citation or reference.

All of which is to say, I think if you could have made the case that the facts and figures posted above, and in this thread, are perfectly compatible with your contention about medical residents being a net financial drain for hospitals and academic centers, you would have done it by now. In that sense, I agree further debate would probably not be very productive.