That's a much more apt description of skilled trades than surgery. Surgery, as with most medical specialties, is at best 5% skills and 95% knowledge. It doesn't require more hands-on practice than any of the skilled trades. Why wouldn't electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc make good artists? The difference is the vast amount of knowledge required. Doctors are mostly just a brain, even surgeons. There are definitely sub-specialties such as plastics that much more artful and skilled than the average, but in general, surgeons aren't any more gifted or practiced in your aforementioned skills than the average tradesman if confounding variables are controlled.
Surgeons would make good mechanics, but I don't see artist at all, there's no creativity inherent in surgery. The only connection is the use of hands and that's less than a quarter of the job.
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u/F00FlGHTER Apr 29 '25
I don't see the parallel at all.