INSTRUCTION NO. ________

        A physician or surgeon undertaking the [treatment] [care] of a patient has a duty to possess and exercise that degree of skill and learning ordinarily possessed and exercised by the members of his profession in good standing, practicing in the community in which he provided such [treatment] [care] (should have provided such [treatment] [care]). It is further his duty to use reasonable care, skill and diligence and to use his best judgment in the exercise of his skill and the application of his learning.

        The term "community" means that geographical area ordinarily served by the licensed or general hospital at or nearest to which such [treatment] [care] [was] [should have been] provided.

IDJI 205.

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