Studies show that perfectionistic characteristics are highly common among physicians, and the expectation for perfect performance is inherent in the culture of medicine.

Perhaps many within the industry have been institutionalised into believing perfectionism and overworking to the point of exhaustion are necessary evils to achieve the highest level of performance.

Physicians learn this behaviour first through education, with medical degrees usually taking a substantially greater level of effort than those in alternative fields and later in life through the relentless workplace culture of work within medical industries.