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I agree, but I also know how chronically overworked doctors are. That gives me a bit of sympathy toward the ones who don't want to basically work an extra day a week just to avoid falling behind.

> This does not have any career benefit whatsoever; it’s done so as to be worthy of our patients’ trust.

"I do it for my patients, not for my paycheck." If you have a problem with that, then by all means, I'm sure you can find another physician that would suit you better.

They specified no career benefit. I'm almost certain they view increased trust from their patients as a benefit, and the extra confidence you gain from keeping up with the latest clinical science is hard to measure in terms of personal value but almost certainly comes out to $0 in financial terms (or negative if you value your free time).