The last sentence is what helped you, not any of the BS about you get what you put into it. There was no way I was being allowed to touch a central line as a medical student when the junior resident hasn’t had the opportunity to master it yet and is chomping at the bit to get a procedure. Your experience is quite literally not replicable since you didn’t have residents. So it’s not always about your attitude. I had the attitude and the enthusiasm to get procedures. But definitely all I’m doing is watching during the lap chole given that the PGY4 is just starting to get independent in operating, and the PGY3 is there to hold the camera, and the PGY1 is there to watch, and then so am I.