Cinderella delusion
A popular term for the fantasy of some medical students that they will, upon graduation from medical school, transition instantly and effortlessly into a competent doctor, a transformation likened to that of CinderellaSegen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cinderella delusion
A popular term for the fantasy of some medical students that they will, upon graduation from medical school '…suddenly be able to develop succinct differential diagnoses, make accurate diagnostic and treatment plans, and sign medication orders …without a senior physician's countersignature controlling for error'. See July phenomenon. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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