Throughout one's training as a physician there is a high priority on being perfect in everything that one does. It's ironic then that this very issue often leaves many physicians feeling less than perfect.

Less than perfect because there are so many variables that a physician deals with each and every day that are uncertain or unknown and which he/she can never really get a firm handle on.

Trying to be perfect then in such an uncertain, and often chaotic, environment breeds deep feelings of inadequacy and a fear that one