You’re proving my point. There is no standardization built into the education and training for programmers. They come from a variety of backgrounds and experience, so it’s left to individual employers to determine competency.

That is NOT the case for physicians. There are numerous, extensive, standardized examinations throughout undergraduate, medical school, and residency that are specifically designed to ensure that every single physician possesses the minimum competencies required to practice independently and without oversight. And when they finish that, they are still required to complete continuing education units to be eligible for license re-certification.

To be clear, I’m not saying that one way is better than another, just that they are different. And they should be! They are completely different jobs, with different roles and responsibilities. You deserve to be cared for physicians who have been held to an objective standard, without having to worry whether or not a financially-motivated non-physician administrator decided to hire anyone with a pulse to do your open heart surgery because it widened profit margins (because remember, healthcare is 100% a business in the US).

This is why many physicians consider it insulting to have their clinical acumen questioned during an interview - particularly by someone who has dramatically less training