"Doc, I have this small lump in my back that doesn't hurt, but hurts if I poke it."
"Oh, I remember I saw something like that in school, let me Google it!"
Medicine, like law, involves a lot of memorization.
"Oh, I remember I saw something like that in school, let me Google it!"
Medicine, like law, involves a lot of memorization.
This seems like a good thing, not a bad thing.
I'd MUCH prefer to have a doctor verify a diagnosis with reference material than to have them rely on their memory.
Yes, it's useful to have that knowledge already, and to that I'd say that copying out a textbook is a poor way to learn. It's far better to know the processes behind things or to learn through experience.
Also it's an ever changing field of course.