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If you had a medical condition that requires a surgical operation, would you allow a surgeon in training to operate on you?

Or would you only agree to be operated on by a certified surgeon? Why?
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windinhishair · 61-69, M
Depends on what it is. Probably not for heart, brain, or spinal surgery. But surgeons need to get their training somewhere, and often sit in on dozens if not hundreds of difficult surgeries before they are allowed to do one as lead surgeon, and even then they are assisted by more experienced surgeons.

I have allowed interns to do procedures on me for minor things. I had an elbow filled with fluid that was the size of a softball, and I allowed the intern to drain it. I was the first person she had ever done a procedure on of any kind. Knowing that, I explained what I was feeling when she was doing it, and it being her first time, she was very careful to do it right. The doctor was right there in case anything went wrong. She did such a good job because he was so cautious, and I told both her and the physician that she did it better than he did! They both laughed.