Why not knowing can be a virtue

“Can our medical student tell us which organ systems need to be monitored now that we’ve started this patient on amiodarone?” It’s a familiar scenario: the team pauses, their eyes land on you, and the attending physician has asked you a question on ward rounds that you just can’t answer. You tell yourself that you should know it. Maybe you make a few guesses, remark that you remember seeing it at some point, or stammer anything to stop from sounding clueless. It feels like an intellectual, or even a moral, failing. But being uncertain can actually be our most powerful ally in medicine, and some insights from philosophy can tell us why.The illusion of certainty in medical educationIn many ways, medical education values oversimplification and accepting the status quo over questioning assumpt