[Savage Beast]

"a student in the operating room could not identify a major artery when asked, then berated the professor for putting her on the spot"

Medical students should be routinely put on the spot. They will be on the spot constantly when practicing medicine. They must be trained to act on the spot!

[Jim Noble]

I spent many years being put on the spot by my superiors. It’s the only way I know how to train younglings.

But it is effectively forbidden now.