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I don't think smart people make better docs. I'm USMLE 90+ percentile, and not particularly clever. It is however, important to be clever enough to understand what you read.

Good docs are humble, meticulous and knowledgeable. Stellar docs are excellent communicators.

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The study at least proves better test taking strongly predicts outcomes, test scores are correlated with intelligence as countless studies prove. It may be the case that some non-clever people get high test scores. That doesn't dismiss the general conclusion.

No, no contradiction. I said: high USMLE score != smart. GP said: good doctor = smart. Study says: good doc = high USMLE score. As I also said: good doc = understand what you read.

The article says 'board exam' which is quite different from USMLE. So, it's established: I can't read, and I'm not especially clever. It all checks out ! :-)

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