True, but all docs pick up a reasonable amount even during clinical rotations in medical school. Depending on the extent and quality of one's ortho rotation, one might actually learn quite a bit about success rates, recovery periods, etc., even as a rotating medical student.Not all MD's just surgeon's who all typically do a 5 year residency in general surgery. Your basic internist who tells you to look one way in cough would not have much knowledge on this.