Exactly! I have my master's and learned to just spew what they told me while rolling my eyes. I just needed the damned piece of paper. It's why I didn't bother getting my doctorate. I couldn't deal with going through more of that bullshit.

The cool doc I found used to be a doc in a psych facility. I get the impression he got tired of dealing with drugged up zombies. He started his own family practice to have more freedom. He just started a few months ago and the number of times I heard him ask for something from the staff and they said "we've never done that here but I have a list of referrals" was amazing. He kept saying - "well put that on the list to order." Sounds like the previous doc just handed out scripts and didn't bother doing doctor stuff like draining abscesses or stitches.