Probably an amateur learner cannot access cadavers or whatever they use to train on, and this field virtually demands hands-on experience to be considered knowl

Probably an amateur learner cannot access cadavers or whatever they use to train on, and this field virtually demands hands-on experience to be considered knowledgeable. Which would mean yeah, good choice of response to the original OP. I wouldn't care how my surgeon learned, so long as he was currently the best surgeon I could find.