a practician in Latin countries (in Europe) would loose any credibility by acknowledging they have to check a knowledge base (although it does make sense). In a similar fashion a teacher would literally loose face in front of his student for recognizing he does not know the answer to a question on his subject from the top of his head.
That said, and by experience, I have seen plenty doctors checking their books on illness to match symptoms, but they did that in such a serious manner, you would believe they were just needing confirmation of memorized knowledge. Whereas I have seen plenty teachers/lecturers just dismissing the answer as obvious or the question as irrelevant.
a practician in Latin countries (in Europe) would loose any credibility by acknowledging they have to check a knowledge base (although it does make sense). In a similar fashion a teacher would literally loose face in front of his student for recognizing he does not know the answer to a question on his subject from the top of his head.
That said, and by experience, I have seen plenty doctors checking their books on illness to match symptoms, but they did that in such a serious manner, you would believe they were just needing confirmation of memorized knowledge. Whereas I have seen plenty teachers/lecturers just dismissing the answer as obvious or the question as irrelevant.