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Where are you getting this 4000 hrs number from?

I’m a MD and this isn’t even remotely correct and the number seems to be pulled out of thin air. Comparing a 2 year PA program with a 4 year MD program plus mandatory 2-7 year additional training is extremely disingenuous.

Where are you getting these numbers? 4000 hours for what specialty? Let’s take Pediatric Emergency Medicine as an example. 4 years of med school, 3 years of residency, then 3 years of fellowship.

That’s many times 4k hours. The difference in training time between a newly minted PA and MD working in a children’s ER is not 2x, it’s many times that.

Your numbers are way off, but even assuming they weren't, 1 hour of PA training is not the same as 1 hour of MD/DO training.