I'm having the same problem getting a Master Doctor. Once their blue tube is half full, they quit studying the strange plants on their own. Why did the creators of the game program them like this??

Bigger villages have more sick people - it's easier to get a master doctor if he/she has lots of patients to care for rather than just a few!

Student doctors in real life learn a lot in their first few working years. Once they graduate their pace of learning slows and they have to rely on curing people ...

I've had a few Master doctors, and one even reached that level without having to be constantly "baby-sat". Every now and then, a villager will pop up who doesn't have to be nudged along in his or her "specialty".

Thanks for the feedback everybody. I now have a villager who likes herbs, but even she won't stay on task studying the strange plants, and I'm sure not going to get charpel tunnel trying to keep a doctor on task. I suppose the creators of the game programmed them this way to prevent us getting Esteemed Elders, but my question is why?? This game is suppose to be fun. I must say that with the exception of the obsession with laundry, I much prefer the little villagers in VV1 over these villagers.

In order to get a master doctor, the doctor will have to perform a large amount of cures and/or herb studies. Herb studies are difficult two reasons: 1. Villagers don't normally study herbs on their own (although every so often they will, but it's only once and then they go back to other activities).

2. Sometimes when you drag a villager onto an herb, he/she will go into "Herb Studying" mode and go from herb to herb studying them, however, they have a tendency to get caught on objects in the game and forget what they were doing.

Basically, herb studying in an impractical way to reach Master Doctor for these two reasons. Performing cures is a much easier way, as doctors will do this automatically if someone is sick. There are several ways to create more sick people:

1. Grow your population
the more people you have, the more sick people your doctor will be able to heal.

2. Let the fire go out
The fire reduces the likelihood of sickness, so if you are trying to train a doctor, let it go out so there will be more cures for your doctor to perform.

3. Prepare a "Sick" stew
There are certain stews that make villagers sick. By feeding this stew to many villagers, your doctor will be able to perform a large number of cures all at once.

If you're lucky, you may also get an event that will create a master doctor. I also hear that end-game there is another way you can get master doctor as well

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. I made the Sick Stew and made everyone eat it, I felt like the Wicked Witch of the West, but, heh, I didn't program the game ! After many batches of Sick Stew, I finally got two Master Doctors. I still would like an answer from Last Day of Work as to why the healers are programmed this way. Is this another glitch in the game? There are so many glitches in this game.

I don't understand the problem here. I regularly train one or two villagers as doctors, and when they reach trainee level I leave them alone. Every now and then I'll remind them who's in charge by interrupting their strolls on the beach or enjoyment of the pond by making them study a flower, but that's about all I'll do to interfere. In course of time most of them become master doctors and several have become elders.

You're very fortunate, arnie. I've never ever had a doctor become master unless I got an an event. They get to adept and virtually stop learning except there's an occasional illness. I rather suspect that's the same for most people, as evidenced by this thread and others

I've had quite a few villagers from different villages become master doctors without any encouragement from me. I've even saw trainee and adept doctors examining the herbs. I've got to say this really surprised me since most of the docs prefer relaxing on the beach.

In the beginning of a game, I want the puzzle, so, of course, I take an adult villager by hand to all the herbs. Then, when a person or persons becomes sick, I rush children around to heal them. This way my kiddies will be apprentice doctors.

In one of my earlier games, I used the same child for healing; she became a master doctor at 15.