Why do

Disclaimer: This is off the top of my head and i don't claim any correctness quotient. I should go look this up before i answer and make a fool of myself but it's way too late that and this thread is begging for some kinda response. Since i understand begging, it falls to me to provide some small bit of relief.

Medicine and Law are considered "arts", as in "the healing arts". Therefore, one practices one's burgeoning skills at surgery or defense lawyering in order to become better at them over time (we all hope). Going to a newly licensed doctor or lawyer is, therefore, analogous to getting a haircut from someone who just got out of cosmotology school.
 
El Toro said:
doctors and lawyers call what they do "practice"?

Because if they ever get "perfect" just think what they'll charge!!:eek:
 
You would hope that they would have finished "practicing" before they got their license.
 
To protect the innocent

Lou Cypher said:
You would hope that they would have finished "practicing" before they got their license.

That's why doctors wear masks!:(
 
It's called practice, because that's how they learn the procedures.
The system is,
watch one.........do one............kill one......:rolleyes:
 
We call...

...what we do "practice" as well. Besides a staff of highly credentialed counselling psychologists we have a staff of students (working on their doctorates) doing "trainee placements". Do the people seeing them get substandard care? Not when you consider the context. The trainees are already fairly experienced and they work directly under the supervision of the director. The client pays about 1/3 to 1/2 the usual fee which is about the same fee they would pay to go to a "charity" where they will see a volunteer who usually has no qualifications at all.

Practice is a good word when you consider the alternatives.
 
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