And yet pilots often read checklists, even after thousands of flight hours. In fact, they are often required to. It is a way to make sure they don't skip steps that are important in case of emergency. Emergencies don't happen often, and it is easy to forget them when things become routine.
So it is understandable you want an experienced surgeon to do your procedure, but if a surgeon is reading a textbook, it doesn't mean he is less experienced than one who doesn't. He may be less confident, but if you consider the Dunning–Kruger effect, it is not necessarily a bad thing.
So it is understandable you want an experienced surgeon to do your procedure, but if a surgeon is reading a textbook, it doesn't mean he is less experienced than one who doesn't. He may be less confident, but if you consider the Dunning–Kruger effect, it is not necessarily a bad thing.