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DUDE.... I don't even work in the medical field. But I have such a similar experience. I grew up going to private schools and had lots of friends as doctors.... so many of them were dumb as rocks outside of their area of expertise.... Especially socially. To this day I constantly meet doctors that have no "social" or "street smarts" and are dumb as hell at technology, etc etc etc. I know that becoming a doctor takes a lot of effort, and focus, and specific knowledge.... But... There's a certain intuitiveness that comes with being generally "smart". And for whatever reason, doctors don't have that. I don't think all doctors are "stupid". But it seems like a profession you send someone who is stupid into, to do well..... I really hate saying that but I relate so much to your comment its crazy lol.
The social bit is pretty wild. I've seen doctors - in the middle of surgery - lash out yelling at the techs and nurses, throw instruments, stomp their feet... straight up like a toddler, but with 20+ years of education. You'd think part of medschool would include some basic social and leadership training. I mean, in terms of the team dynamic, the doctor is always the leader, and it's not a great look when your leader is throwing a tantrum like some 4 year old who just got told 'no' for the first time in their life and is an hour passed nap time.
The other extreme exists too ofc - some of the absolute best people I've ever met are doctors.
The takeaway is there isn't really a correlation, or at least not near as much of one as you'd expect. Take almost any slice of the population and you'll find a handful of genuinely outstanding human beings; a few absolute wastes of oxygen; and a horde of folks scattered in between. Take a slice exclusively of doctors, and... same. You'd expect that slice to be heavily weighted on the positive end, but the reality doesn't pan out that way. I suspect you'd get similar results with a random sample of physicists, or highschool students, or people living in some ghetto - you get the point.
The only times I'd expect it to deviate much from that are population samples that are in a position to abuse power. CEOs, oligarchs... looks at thread title ...those guys.