It turns out that intern with excellent communication skills, whom I mentioned in a previous post of mine, had been in the US Army for three years. Last Sunday after he had solved another thorny case perfectly he told me this when I inquired about his pior experience before being admitted into the residency program. He let me in on some very interesting details. He said the first sixth months of military training were the toughest. Even if just one of them messed up，the whole company would have to repeat whatever training routine they were going through，be it suiting up，running，and what not. Sometimes，they had to pull an all-nighter until everyone passed muster.
So it seems that training in the US Army is very tough. The intern did very well and got promotion in the Army.
Given this background, it's no surprise that he can function competently in tough scenarios as a medical intern. At a recent intern evaluation meeting, he received excellent reviews from all the attendees who had worked with him.
