title: A is for aphorism--'good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment'.
abstract: 'Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment'. This aphorism was attributed to Dr Kerr L White. It makes sense. The physician who exercises bad judgement and makes poor decisions is likely to experience more disease, more complications and, through those experiences, hopefully develop better judgement. Unfortunately, when it comes to the practice of medicine, that experience can come at a high cost. So is there any truth to Dr White's comment?
authors: Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, QLD, Australia. r.farley1@uq.edu.au
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Farley
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007600:Judgment; D010563:Personnel Turnover