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I was in the hospital a few days ago and overheard an MS3 correcting an intern (they're on the same team) about a specific test they were doing one way at one hospital but did differently at the academic hospital the medical school is at (the other one is the community hospital). The third year just would not let it go, and insisted the intern was wrong (and this intern basically operates at an R2 level and isn't often wrong). Finally the intern told the third year to look it up.
The question: do you guys often correct your interns? Would you do something toolish like give a pedantic lecture on some esoteric topic to your superiors or do you just let it go? What if you know they're wrong? Do your superiors deserve respect because you've been training in clinical medicine for 4-5 months tops and they've already graduated, or do you think that your knowledge might sometimes trump theirs? I find the hubris of medical training fascinating - and I'm not being facetious. I'd like to hear the stories. There must be something out there.
The question: do you guys often correct your interns? Would you do something toolish like give a pedantic lecture on some esoteric topic to your superiors or do you just let it go? What if you know they're wrong? Do your superiors deserve respect because you've been training in clinical medicine for 4-5 months tops and they've already graduated, or do you think that your knowledge might sometimes trump theirs? I find the hubris of medical training fascinating - and I'm not being facetious. I'd like to hear the stories. There must be something out there.