Master of the universe (not Dr Genesis)

Most doctors have odd personalities. As one of my house officers remarked a few months ago: "we must all be a bit odd, to ask people repeatedly when they last opened their bowels". One of the most stressful things Dr Genesis found about working in hospitals was dealing with difficult colleagues. That's one of the reasons he went into general practice (although there's still difficult colleagues there too). Doctors are often quite forceful people, on the aggressive, thirsty to climb the ladder, and working under stressful conditions. All this makes for a brewing pot of defensive behaviour and irascibility.

There's nothing a doctor likes more than proving another doctor wrong.

Dr Genesis is one of the more placid types. Dr Genesis doesn't like confrontation. But equally he has an enormous ego. It is difficult for him to agree he was wrong. Usually he thinks he is right. There are often several different ways to do things in medicine and so far Dr Genesis hasn't done anything disastrously wrong. Except once, a couple of years ago. Perhaps I will tell you about it soon.

But still, Dr Genesis finds it hard to accept criticism. He will nod, agree, and mutter something about "useful feedback" but inside his mind is arace with reasons why what he did was actually a good idea and why the other doctor was wrong. But even the ego of Dr Genesis knows that when the criticism comes from a senior, it is better for all involved to simply agree.