"The hesitant feeling goes away in first year anatomy. " Surely 'first year anatomy' is not the same thing as a bloody mess on the table, alarms going off, a f

"The hesitant feeling goes away in first year anatomy. " Surely 'first year anatomy' is not the same thing as a bloody mess on the table, alarms going off, a frantic staff, and someone about to die in front of you unless you do something that happens to be fairly close to the right thing. I didn't study medicine, but I was in the Army, and I confess that a degree of slightly irrational hubris is necessary in some situations. Surely, we would all prefer our surgeons to be calm, team-oriented and thoughtful in front of us, but I think the situational dynamics just don't apply well to that. Also, people can be all of those things and 'bold'. Admittedly, 'bold' may not be the right word. If there is a word for someone who can be called upon to think clearly and 'do what is necessary' in a complex, high-stress scenario ... well than that.