answer:Based on what I have learned about it I can’t tell if it is an attempt to get more people interested in medicine by giving them the idea that they will be through with their studies and out of classes quicker, or a cost saving measure. If the student can shave half a year off the cost of going to school I don’t know how much that would be. In the long run I believe it will produce fewer doctors because many will not be able to pass the exam, seeing there is only one at the end of 4 years. Those who do most likely will be the cream of the crop by having natural ability to retain or compensate for that large gap and remembering all that info. I do believe it will lay ground for a cottage industry of medical “cracking schools” where med students will be crammed all 4 years of pertinent in a few weekends. I am not sure I would be comfortable with a doctor who had to cram all the knowledge in a short time span; I would wonder how much they really retained. Having access to patients after the 1st year might be a good thing if done right. Nothing like hands on applications, it always presents stuff you never get in the book. Very strict supervision would be