he headed in and , on autopilot , found his body directing him to the changing area where he would put on scrubs and turn into a doctor , morphing from a human being to someone who was supposed to be both humble and god-like ; know everything but be flexible when a patient had an idea that he had never heard of ; be proficient at paperwork and yet drop everything the second a medical emergency came up ; have outstanding social skills and yet know when to keep his mouth shut ; be gloriously ecstatic for a family when the birth of a healthy little baby came to fruition after a long labor-and be respectfully mournful when it did n't .