No: the general reasoning doesn't hold. The reasoning for tournaments is that you have to be first at all cost, so you should consider taking the largest risk

No: the general reasoning doesn't hold. The reasoning for tournaments is that you have to be first at all cost, so you should consider taking the largest risk available to avoid coming second. That reasoning doesn't hold for surgeons: there's room for more than one surgeon. There are problems with scoring systems, yes, but a complete lack of information for consumers is considered terrible in any other industry.