The participants were medical students--not physicians. The title should reflect that. The gap in experience is significant. A 3rd/4th year medical student, li

The participants were medical students--not physicians. The title should reflect that. The gap in experience is significant. A 3rd/4th year medical student, like myself, has had limited clinical exposure(think months) and is wholly incapable of making decisions regarding patient care. A student's lack of experience can explain why he/she might over investigate healthy patients and under investigate sick ones--he/she can't tell the difference. A physician, in comparison, has a protocol for how to work up a patient's chief complaint far in advance of ever meeting the patient. Most importantly, students have no concept of medico-legal consequences of mismanagement. This is a huge incentive for physicians to work up all patients the same way. Anyone can sue. Whenever anyone suggests adopting XYZ country's medical system in place of our own I kindly point out that we would have to retrofit their legal system as well.