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In all your examples, you aren't dealing with a person's health or (potentially) life. The risk-benefit calculation changes (and people become, understandably, somewhat irrational) when the stakes get that high.


And if a soldier gets to a new unit and they assign him a weapon he's not familiar with? The military definitely deals with life and death stakes.

Their solution: Frequent and continuous training.

What kind of ongoing training do hospitals offer their doctors? Who trains doctors on new equipment in hospitals? (honest questions)


" Who trains doctors on new equipment in hospitals?"

Dirty secret. Equipment vendors. Ditto for pharmaceuticals.




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