Always hear of athletes based in UK or US for example travelling to Spain or other countries to get surgery.
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Sure but if I have all the money in the world why would I go to someone whos studied from the best guy instead of just going to the best guy?
Are all doctors able to study specialists? Sure. Do they? Likely not – there’s just so much in the way, like the doctoring they already do and are more likely to benefit from polishing their skills on, for any doctor to be able to do it all. That said, a doctor could study a procedure and learn how to do it – that’s how new doctors learn how to do it in the first place, after all!
But much like anyone can learn to wire electricity through a house if they study, I’d still rather go with the guy who has had experience wiring 1000 other houses and knows from experience what can and can’t go wrong with the procedure and how to deal with issues that crop up along the way than some guy who has watched a lot of youtube videos.
All musicians are able to study the best techniques, but there’s certainly a wide range of quality in musicians
Yes all doctors can learn but no guarantee they are good enough to apply what they learn.
Along with countries have different rules and regulations in terms of medicine. And what they can get in one country may not in another.
Look at Peyton Manning he allegedly left the US to go to Spain to get stem cell therapy which was not authorized in America.
Aside from the medical expertise they also tend to select them by having knowledge about medication limitations due to doping restrictions. Not every doctor is capable and knowledgable in that area as it requires intensive extra studies
Probably to get the best care from the most qualified or recommended person.
One analogy of this: You can get a computer from Best Buy, or you can hire a specialist who can build an exceptionally high powered machine that’s capable of running the most demanding processing power.
Another analogy: You can go pay and travel to see your favorite popular band in concert. Or, you can pay to watch a local cover band. They’re playing the right notes. But it’s not the same experience.
Another analogy: You’re eating sushi at a Michelin star restaurant vs the grocery store. Both are the same ingredients roughly. But one chef’s expertise is going to be worth the visit when your palette is that refined.
And another way to look at it. You ever work a job where someone assumes you can do everything else? “Oh, you work in IT? Can you install my home security system?” Doctors can specialize in very specific things and become experts in a specific field. Like you don’t want to trust a proctologist to do a plastic surgery. Sure, they may be capable of it. But wouldn’t you rather go to the guy who does it all day every day and has a body of work to prove their continued expertise?
At the tippy top of any profession, people are not fungible and they’re also few in numbers. If you’ve got millions riding on your injury healing optimally (or, really, if your team does), then you might be looking at fewer specialists to do the job than you can count on one hand, especially for very specific stuff.
Think of it this way, the athletes themselves could study specialists to learn the best techniques for their sports, but that doesn’t mean that every athlete can perform those techniques at the same level.
Think of doctors like chefs. Sure, any chef who’s been through culinary school knows how to do a lot of things but the true masters are known for a specific niche, in which they’re widely thought of as renowned experts.
If money was no option, would you have sushi in Ohio or travel to Tokyo to have Jiro Ono (the best sushi chef in the world) create the meal of your dreams?
Some have practiced the technique dozens of times, but others have practiced the same technique hundreds of times.
Having access to the knowledge, being able to apply that knowledge well, and having applied that knowledge successfully many times until you are so good it’s second nature are *entirely* different things.
I have access to a medical library. I could “study specialists to learn the best techniques.” But I’ve never performed surgery. You ready for *me* to do your knee replacement? I mean, I’ll definitely cut your knee out and put … something in there instead for less than some specific doctor. ¯_ (ツ)_/¯
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