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How much science is involved in surgery? Which medical career involves the most science and understanding of human anatomy and physiology?

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Well, everyone learns the same science in medical school, so you could say that all doctors have about the same amount of baseline science. "Science" is a broad term, but there is a lot of science involved in surgery. Surgeons don't just perform operations; they are responsible for deciding when someone needs surgery and managing them during and after surgery, which requires all of the "science" you're talking about. They also prescribe lots of different drugs before, during, and after surgery.

I think it's safe to say that surgery as a whole requires the greatest fluency in human anatomy, but there are many different surgical specialties, and again, everyone learns anatomy it medical school and needs to understand it to some extent. Internal medicine and its subspecialties probably entail the most work with pure physiology.

Science can also mean lab or "bench" science or cell biology, in which case fields like immunology and medical oncology are king. It can also mean physics, which brings in specialties like radiation oncology and interventional radiology.

In short, make no doubt about it: doctors are scientists.
 
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