What I look up to my older colleagues is their  accumulated wisdom and experience in the field. There's no beating practical skills and knowledge learned while applying the concept on the textbook. 

The problem I have is dealing with those that have already been decades past their prime on the job. The field of medicine evolves and old concepts that used to work gets outdated and replaced with new knowledge. This happens at a faster rate yearly than it ever was before. But somehow, it just feels like fully appreciating this burden is left for the new generations because now we got textbooks that have double digit editions on them as compared to our senior doctors who had less pages to study and complicated concepts to digest. 

Here we're expected to be updated to the latest guidelines on management and get an earful of sermon if we fail - at the bare minimum. 

It's not a generalization. I know there are role model consultants out there that really take the time to update their knowledge on the latest trends in medicine but for those that couldn't keep up with the times, they still have their ways I have to grit my teeth when following orders. It's not that I don't know any better, it's just best to not start unnecessary conflicts. 

If I encounter an endorsement from an older doctor with missing parts of the history and management, I'd have to be delicate with my approach since I don't want to offend their pride because seniority matters. But then if I committed the same fault, it's like I'm never hearing the end of it. 

If I get older on the job, I'll most likely get a free pass on the small oversights which is not ideal but that's how seniority works in this field. And hopefully I'll catch myself aware of my shortcomings that pass some burdens on my juniors because they're too cautious to let me know what I'm lacking. 

It's a reality that while they've already finished this course during their younger years, they weren't bombarded with the amount of information like we do now. They didn't have the standards expected for them to comply because the old algorithms of management before had a few more steps added. 

You don't have to be good at everything to practice, you just need to know how to do what's expected of you. I forgot most of the concepts I learned from medschool since I started training for a specialty and probably wouldn't pass the licensure exams with my own base knowledge at the moment. 

Eh, just a random series of thoughts that came by after I had to cover up someone else's shortcomings. 

Thanks for your time.