Could You Get An MD Online? - Shiv Gaglani, Forbes

The short answer: Not yet, but it’s trending that way.  Indeed, there are more than 300 online nursing degree programs ranging from certificate and bachelors to masters and even doctorate level. For good reason, when the resultant career involves patient care these programs also require an in-person component (“blended learning”) through immersion into the clinical setting. However, one healthcare degree that is conspicuously not available online is that of Doctor of Medicine (MD). Given that I’m half-way through my own MD, from which I took a leave of absence to launch the health education platform Osmosis.org with the former Khan Academy Medicine team, I wanted to pose the thought experiment: Could you get your MD online? Or, at least part of it? If so, how may this impact global access to healthcare, student debt levels, and patient outcomes?  https://www.forbes.com/sites/shivgaglani/2018/11/28/could-you-get-an-md-online/#6657ccdb201c