>>So roughly half as long as American doctors. I guess the follow-up is also how that's paid for. Here, college and medical school are at the student's expense, with costs varying depending on whether it's a public or private school. Residency pays, but my understanding is that the pay is poor, so it isn't until a doctor gets into practice that he or she can really begin paying the debt accumulated during training. (I found one source that said in 2004, average debt for new doctors was between $100,000 and $150,000.)
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>If both college and medical school are entirely on student's expense then total cost could be more than $250,000 for good institutions.

Yep, but you rarely get loans for the total amount. In fact, that should never happen, since anybody who needs financial aid for the full tuition should be getting at least some of it as grants.

Tamar