•Medical knowledge comes with experience.
•It’s impossible to know all the current approaches to medical care for all possible conditions, all of the time, always and forever. Additionally, standards of care change over time (medicine is indeed a journey in “life long education”).
•You’ll regularly find yourself in situations where you don’t know what to do. A good place to start would be to check guidelines recommendations.
•ProTip: You’ll become familiar with the usual governing bodies that provide specific recommendations (AHA, IDSA, AAN, etc.) – they are also easily identifiable via a quick Google search.
•ProTip: “Never be afraid of the question ‘why,’ just always have an answer.” “All of medicine, and most of life, is a persuasive essay.” As a physician, the correct answer is your answer, because you can support it (you can answer the “why”). Guidelines are a strong support for any plan you follow.