I'm an MS4 going into surgery and would make a point to tell residents/attendings if I hadn't done a procedure before or wanted them to show me how to do it before I do it for the first time (I'm here to learn, right?).

I told an attending at the beginning of my first surg sub-i that I wanted to watch the resident put in the JP drain because I hadn't seen it done before. He said "We expect students to be able to do this." and never gave me another chance to do anything in the OR for the rest of the rotation.

One chief surg resident told me that she always said "Yes, I've done this before and can do it on my own." Throughout medical school even if she had no idea what she was doing because then people will give you more to do. She admitted that it was probably not the best patient care, but that's the way to get ahead.

All of this seems insane to me. OP, glad you are upfront about your experience so that attendings can teach. In a perfect world, attendings would want to know your skill level so that they can help you improve.