Do you know Prophead; you might have a point. And perhaps it could be extended to other professions. For example, rather than the bore of going though structured vocational training to become, for example, a doctor, perhaps one could do a medical first aid course (anywhere in the world as long as they subscribe to international first aid standards) and then build experience by treating people who need help? Perhaps one could get together with a couple of mates and open a medical drop-in centre. Maybe do a few more hours work by travelling to a 3rd world country to patch up poor people; it wouldn’t really matter too much if you were not completely familiar with the more advance procedures because the first aid course will give you the basics and it would be more fun to do it in an unstructured way.
Of course, some people might question whether this DIY form of vocational training will result in the same standards as doing a traditional vocational course at a medical school, but surely, this is what vocational training is all about? The student doctor is building experience and becoming a medical practitioner; practicing working unsupervised. People might say the DIY method is inferior to structured and supervised medical training where you have your hand held and are told how to examine, diagnose and treat patients. However, it would be fair to assume that someone who is heading towards a career as a doctor would be mature and intelligent enough to know that they should be aspiring to achieve a high standard of medicine in all their practice.
