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	Home > News > October, 2011

Do Surgeons Need a Coach?

No matter how well-trained people are, few can sustain their best performance on their own.

Published: October 13, 2011

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Staffing/Training, News, Peak Efficiency

Do Surgeons Need a Coach? No matter how well-trained people are, few can sustain their best performance on their own.

InstyMeds Amazing things happened when Atul Gawande, MD, asked a surgeon under whom he'd trained during his residency to come into his operating room and coach him on his surgical technique. Read Dr. Gawande's essay, "Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better?" in the Oct. 3 issue of The New Yorker magazine.

Illustration courtesy of The New Yorker.

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP 2011. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

Also in the News...

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Patient Dies After Admission for Gallbladder Surgery That Wasn't Performed

Orthopod Owes $150,000 for Post-Op Knee Infection

Ophthalmologist Sues His Own ASC for Blocking Plans to Open Competing Center

So-What Study Finds That ASC Owners Perform More Surgery

CMS Updates Emergency Equipment Requirement

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