I worked in a training hospital for over a decade. We used to set up recorded patient simulations and penalize trainees who didn't stress it appropriately. I heard it so much I never doubted it.

The AMA receives major funding from the FDA and the American dairy industry. These influences result in "give your child cow's milk for calcium and vitamin d" physician training. Literally every milk alternative on the market is nutritionally equivalent or superior but a doctor will not read or hear this message during training.

Knowing the monster influence that pharma also has on the AMA, wouldn't it be more profitable to not stress completing the full course? As quickly as this message was phased in, it could potentially be phased out. How has something without solid evidence and without financial incentive become cannon?

At your pharmacy do they make you staple antibiotic resistance handouts to the meds? Mine do.