Comment by SpicyLemonZest

Does the difference matter in this context, though? Medicine isn't like other professions where it's no big deal to have some fraction of the workforce be bad at their jobs. I'm not so status-quo-biased that I'd support 100 hour residencies, but I'm skeptical of reform proposals that focus on doctors' working conditions rather than patient outcomes. If some filtering process leads to better patient outcomes, I think we should retain it, even if it's quite stressful for the doctors who have to go through it.