2 questions on the Colour of Magic!

[WannabeAngua]

I believe that in this country, most "doctors" of the medical persuasion hold the degree bachelor of medicine. Genuine MDs are, I believe, quite rare.

I now await correction from the BMC.

A bachelor is just 3 years studies right. Surely it takes more than 3 years to become a doctor? Our MDs put in 6 years at the least.

[Doughnut Jimmy]

I believe that in this country, most "doctors" of the medical persuasion hold the degree bachelor of medicine. Genuine MDs are, I believe, quite rare.

I now await correction from the BMC.

A bachelor is just 3 years studies right. Surely it takes more than 3 years to become a doctor? Our MDs put in 6 years at the least.

In the UK it takes 5 or 6 years of university to become a doctor, plus more training after graduation. I think a bachelor's degree basically means you can go straight onto it from A-levels nothing to do with how long it is, it may also have something to do with the amount of research involved?

[The Mad Collector]

The number of years is irrelevant, most bachelors degrees in Scotland are 4 years

[Dotsie]

Wiki has all the info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine

Basically, someone can be called doctor as little as 4 years after their A-levels in the UK, and they get let loose on patients - but they get a lot of supervision (we all hope).

I used to teach microbiology to doctors wanting to take their consultancy exams, and they were almost without exception extremely intelligent and hard-working.

[Doughnut Jimmy]

The number of years is irrelevant, most bachelors degrees in Scotland are 4 years

But isn't that because Scottish highers are taken a year earlier than A-levels so students from south of the border skip the first year of some courses?