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Surgeons.as.Educators.A.Guide.for.Academic.[taliem.ir]

Surgeons as Educators

It is November. The skies have grown sullen and gray, and a bone-deep chill suffuses the air. A young surgical resident, seeking to impress his girlfriend, has decided to cook her a pot roast, a favored comfort food of his family for generations. As his roommate looks on, he carefully cuts a quarter inch off both ends of the roast and places it in the pan. “Why did you cut off the ends?” his roommate asks. The resident pauses, looks at the knife and strips of excess beef, and shrugs. “My mom always did it that way, and I learned from her.” The dinner date was a success, but his roommate’s question nagged the resident’s mind. The next time he spoke to his mother, he asked, “Mom, how do you cook a pot roast?” His mother proceeded to explain, adding, “You cut off both ends before placing it in the pan.” “But why?” the resident asked. His mother replied, “That’s how your grandmother did it, and I learned it from her.” At Thanksgiving dinner a few weeks later, the resident, still curious and unable to fnd an answer online, asked his grandmother, “When you cook a pot roast, why do you cut both ends off the meat?” Before she could answer, the resident’s grandfather piped up, “I never could get a pan big enough for your Nana’s pot roasts, so she trimmed the meat to make them ft!”
Career.Skills.for.Surgeons..[taliem.ir]

Career Skills for Surgeons

The transition from medical school to being a junior doctor, and then a practicing surgeon is challenging. It requires knowledge, clinical skills and technical dexterity but also the ability to effciently function in the surgical workplace and be a reliable team member. Being a surgeon is not just a profession but a way of life. Medical school and postgraduate training often provide clinical and technical knowledge that are essential in formulating a clinical diagnosis, initiating medical treatment, and planning or carrying out invasive surgical procedures. However, surgery may be viewed not just as another medical specialty, but as an apprenticeship, that requires the acquisition, application, and constant refnement of lifelong skills. Surgery doesn’t get taught simply through books, but has to be seen and experienced, over and over again. This book presents some well-known career skills to help improve your day to day surgical performance, development and progression. The generic guidance presented in this book may be of use to aspiring surgeons, no matter their surgical subspecialty choice and no matter where they practice. Professionalism is central in our day to day performance, guiding our interactions with patients, other doctors, or non-medical staff. The chapter on professionalism explores some of the behaviours that may help improve one’s conduct.