In a recent Atlantic opinion piece, Dr. John Schumann speaks of the sometimes cavalier nature of medical practice and education among new physicians. In the article
Dr. Schumann notes talks about overconfidence and the confidence-knowledge gap present in the early phases of learning.
"This confidence-knowledge gap is normal in medical trainees. Coping with stressful environments like residency necessitates that learners find some element of near-mastery in the early phases, or else the ego can be severely bruised."
My ego was thrashed long ago. I have none left. But the bruising continues.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. 
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