Yup, your lecturer doesn't know everything. Medicine comprises a huge body of constantly evolving knowledge. Most doctors (medical lecturers) are very selective about how much of that they plan to use to treat patients or teach to undergraduates. So quite often if you ask your lecturer something deemed too detailed or perhaps unnecessary for a medical student you will be politely steered away from such level of detail.
On the other hand you sometimes come across students whose "basic knowledge" of the topic is shaky but the student seems very interested in the minute details. This sort of student is very worrying. It is almost as if they cannot see the woods for the trees.
Lecturers however tend to be more eager to discuss this minutae with postgraduate students. Somehow there seems to be less risk of confusing a postgraduate than an undergraduate student. Probably because postgraduates students are qualified doctors themselves and will treat all information with a degree of caution just like the lecturers themselves.
Next post: should I read from journals and textbooks?
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