Should 3rd and 4th year medical students have to pay tuition, if they are technically working too?

Question

3rd and 4th year is pretty much on the job training, except the medical student which at that point I think should be called a medical worker, is made to pay the school or affiliated hospital tuition.

Answer 1

Yes, they should.

Not only are they still students and attend classes, but they aren't doctors because they haven't yet earned a medical degree (MD or DO). They are still under professors, and still earn grades.

I know of no profession that doesn't charge students tuition during university-supervised clinicals; not nursing, not dentistry, not rehab professionals (PT, OT, speech pathology, audiology, neuropsychology, etc), not techs (x-ray, lab), OR medical students.

Answer 2

Of course they should pay, where else is the money going to come from? Even though you are doing things through on the job training, it is still a burden on someone.Someone has to supervise and try and keep these inexperienced students that are not doctors yet from killing people, and they won't do it for free.