How often do doctors even need to do this? Everything they do probably has a standard operating procedure printed out in a binder that can be dictated by a nurse. The training should be in learning how to take those instructions and turn it into action, not that as well as having to memorize all the instructions that are going to be referenceable anyhow.

Maybe if the training were more like the former than the latter, fewer med students and residents would be pulling all nighters on some amphetamine. Personally, going into an ER I'd rather be met with well slept, focused hands that consult the relevant information, rather than a sleep deprived zombie barking out protocol they hypnotized themselves into remembering.

From what I know, not often. But more often than a developer.