The Underappreciated Power of Intellectual Humility in Medicine
Intellectual humility involves recognising that there are gaps in one’s knowledge and that one’s current beliefs might be incorrect. Intellectual humility is not mere lack of confidence in one’s understanding of the world. Rather, it is the recognition that one’s understanding could be limited or wrong due to of a lack of expertise in a particular area or lack of access to relevant, accurate or complete information on the topic.
Modern Medicine – Issue 6 2023
