How does someone gain experience in a field where the users prefer someone who already has experience?
I can't speak for you, but I will not risk my ability to walk to help a surgeon gain experience
I totally agree but don't you find it ironic that in a field where you need experience no one wants you to operate on them until you have experience
interesting conundrum.
the thing is, some docs do a lot more, because that is what they specialize in, in other areas, there is not that much demand, so the doc has to broaden what he does and is very good at.
take my hand, it is a good example.
here it is, i am at a teaching hospital, where the best of the best get their training. there were at least 5 doc, whose specialty was limb and hand repairs. none of them were interested in trying to save the top of the hand. they said there was just too much damage, and they could not save the thumb without saving the rest of the hand. this is the cream of the crop, where people from thousands of miles come to see the best in their field.
so as i was waiting to have the base of the hand removed, leaving me with only the ring and little finger, i waited and waited. finally i asked the gas doc what we were waiting on, as i had made peace with the loss, but it was hard just waiting. he informed me that there was one more doc that wanted to look at it, and he was still in a 7 hour surgery.
when the doc was done, he came into the room, and asked if i smoked. after i told him no, he told me he would try to save what he could, but that he thought he could save it all. which after 8 more hours, he did.
so what was the difference? why did he go way out of his way, after putting in a 12 hour day, opt to do something that the others would not even try?
its called the ratio of success and failure. the other docs were too interested in protecting their fine stats of success, and not interested in how they could repair someones life. the doc that actually did the surgery could care less. he knew that unless he tried, i did not stand a chance, that he was it, if it was to be.
so while some do a lot, other do fewer. but what you want to know is the success ratio. then weigh that against the fact that the guy doing 7 a week only takes the easy ones that maybe should not even have the surgery, and could have gotten relief with a chiropractor, where as the guy doing 5 a year takes the ones no body else wants to mess with, and at least tries to give them a life that is worth living.
everything is not as cut and dry as you might think.
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