This was bating me so much I just had to bite. I will try to keep it short so people may actually read it:
Research shows that you need 10,000 hours of work to "master" something (I mean to truly be independent and master a field). Largely, this is what residency length of training was based on (does not even consider the time in medical school).
80 hrs a week x 52 weeks a year x 3-4 years (depending on specialty) = >10,000 hrs (this to guarantee competence in independent practice)
To logically explain why these programs are a joke you can look at a few factors:
1) The hours (whether full or part time), come no where close to 10,000 in training.
2) Although many subjects like biochemistry and anatomy may be learned through online coursework (I stress maybe--though there is a pushback against this... nothing can replace dissecting a cadevor for yourself to learn anatomy---hence, most reputable medical schools have not moved away to "technologically teaching of anatomy"). Hours in the clinical or hours in small groups working with preceptors on physical exam/hx taking skill cannot be replaced by online course work.
3) Now, the counterargument that is usually made is:
"Well, us nurses have lots of clinical hours of experience.... We have a masters before hand, and work in the hospital while we take classes part time."
The counter to this is very straight forward: Most nurses (not in a DNP program) will argue that nursing is SEPARATE from medicine. And they are proud of that fact (and they should be)--for example, the NANDA and nursing diagnosis. That training and experience isn't in medicine... it's in nursing.... two separate, albeit important fields. So, hours nursing are not/should not be "counted" towards time learning medicine.
Now, if you are going to argue that you were "practicing" medicine while you were nursing than I can't help you understand.
But, I am sure some of your physician preceptors would love to hear about that..... along with some lawyers who would be very "interested" in hearing how you practiced medicine without a license.
Okay, this was as short as I can keep it. There is more but I wanted to not overload people.