The more questionable leap is in assuming that academic knowledge of Slavic artistic culture provides experience useful when dealing with individuals of Slavic ancestry.
Citation please. I don’t doubt that your claim is true, but I’d be interested to see the data.</p>
<p>More to the point, I think there is probably strong self-selection bias at work here. Attending med school is not generally the primary stream for graduates in the subjects you name. Students going out of their way to pursue an abnormal course of action probably have strong incentive to select that option and therefore succeed at a higher rate. Just a possibility.</p>