Ok. Here in Australia it's not like that. It's mostly years of arse-kissing, doing research projects and volunteering your time. It's not meant to find the smar

Ok. Here in Australia it's not like that. It's mostly years of arse-kissing, doing research projects and volunteering your time. It's not meant to find the smartest, but the most dedicated to that speciality, and to take advantage of the candidate for as many years as possible. I like the US's method better and wish we would adopt it. Also, you're basing "most knowledgeable" on how they did in 1 test a decade ago in medical school? I'd say a general physician (and also many specialist physicians) is usually more knowledgeable since they learn about all body systems and deal with them all daily. This is what I notice anecdotally, but I don't have evidence to back it up. I also think it doesn't really matter.