[mlyle]

> i.e. Physicians should squeeze as much training as possible into the allotted years. This is reasonable, especially for surgical specialties where procedural reps are a commodity for trainees.

It's mixed, though. We don't know how much "squeezing as much training" helps or hinders future performance. We do know that sleep debt hurts retention of new knowledge and skills.

So I'm not positive whether "50% more training, but with not enough sleep during most of the interval" will result in better outcomes.

> I'd be more open to this line of reasoning if physician's salaries had kept pace with inflation over the last 30 years

Doctors in the US are artificially scarce and artificially expensive compared to the rest of the world. The artificial scarcity of residencies also contributes to the unusually harsh residency work conditions.