SKZB wrote: >I believe that the learning of a skill >involves (in part) learning the language associated with that skill. That >was my point. This ties in nicely with a thought that occurred to me once while I was studying biology. A *huge* (but not, admittedly, total) portion of a doctor's knowledge and skill lies in terminology. If she can name every part of the human body, she therefore knows (at least in terms of existence and location) about every part of the body. If she can name the hormones, enzymes, glands, etc., this too is essential medical knowledge. Vocabulary is the bulk of the skill. The rest is observation--learning to recognize the vocabulary "in the flesh". Even here, the memory skills necessary to hook the pieces of knowledge together--yellow sclera means bile buildup; check liver functions--will greatly assist the doctor in making good use of clinical experience. Mia