The broad to choosing specialties iterates that if you want to read, do medicine, if you do not, do surgery. This is a misconception. All good surgeons are voracious readers. Their knowledge is crisp. They are some of the most well read and practical people I know. Their approach to everything in life is logical, clear, and decisive. This does not come without due diligence and intelligence. It is believed that surgeons are some of the most obnoxious people you come across. They are big pockets and bigger egos.
This is a myth. The confidence and decisiveness are easy to mistake. It is not ego they insist on their way forward. The good people I know definitely stand by what they say. It is very difficult to get a word in but they are first to recant if they have made a mistake and immediately rectify. It is also ingrained in their training to ask for help. Know when you do not know. They…
