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This applies to anything that we as human do, including doctors [0]. Younger doctors that are just out of a residency are more up to date about medical science

by doh 10y ago

This applies to anything that we as human do, including doctors [0]. Younger doctors that are just out of a residency are more up to date about medical science and have the facts in a fresh memory. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15710959 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15710959

jnbiche 10y ago
> Younger doctors that are just out of a residency are more up to date about medical science and have the facts in a fresh memory. Perhaps, but they often have not yet built up the muscle memory needed to manipulate instruments as skillfully as more experienced doctors, nor the knowledge needed to know how to handle unusual situations, both of which are particularly important for surgeons[0,1]. 0. http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2015&issue=04000&article=00006&type=abstract http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/pages/articleviewer.... 1. http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/406128 http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/4061...
- doh 10y ago
  True. You get some, you lose some.