I was listening to a podcast with someone who went from BS/Mechanical Engineering => MD. He had to give up his "first principles" style of engineering-thinking and just accept that rote memorization was the way to go, at least for the majority of his courses.

I disagree that rote memorization limits innovation in the medical field. Biology has complex problems, and "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong". There's a reason why so many clinical trials fail, and it's not for a lack of technical innovation.

I feel like the medical _system_ as a whole needs systematic/organizational disruption, not technological disruption. For example, CGMs are a technology that have been around for decades and only now are we seeing usage in non-diabetic populations. The system (they require a prescription) is preventing the innovation.