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Male surgeons are always addressed as Mr in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Surgery is one of the only professions left that still uses a gendered title for the role…
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Laboratory experiments have shown that common distractions in the operating room, such as noise, equipment problems, and personal conversations, can have a detrimental effect on surgeons’ performance, but evidence using real-life data is limited….
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A surgeon in Saudi Arabia has died in a hospital operating room where he was set to perform an orthopaedic procedure, according to Saudi media… …
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Left handed surgeons lack access to left handed instruments while training, receive little mentoring about their left handedness, and are more prone to needle stick injuries than their right handed colleagues. They also have considerable difficulty handling some instruments…. …
Nearly 40 percent of pregnant surgery residents consider dropping out. Many wonder: Why can’t the system accommodate motherhood?
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Caroline Hampton and the forgotten origins of the first personal protective equipment… …
Continue ReadingSilent Heroes: The Nurse Who Introduced Gloves to the Operating Room
When surgeons make mistakes Doctors have seen some pretty gnarly things in hospitals and waiting rooms but surgeons are the medical professionals who see the most gore. By the very nature of
Continue ReadingSurgeons Describe Their “Oh Sh*t” Moments In The Operating Room
A rising death toll among doctors in Italy provides a warning about the dangers of poor protection and testing. Last week, the Italian government began publishing a new dataset related to the
Continue ReadingWhy Surgeons Don’t Want to Operate Right Now
For a split second, the ER is totally silent.All eyes – and there are a lot of them: nurses, doctors, techs, an EMT standing just off to the side – are
I’m Interested In The Surgeon’s Ego… Social sciences fascinate me. Social psychology, influence, compliance gaining, emotional intelligence, interpersonal dynamics, how to lead change…all of these topics run rampant in our
Fundamental Surgery becomes the first VR surgical training simulation with haptics to gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation. FundamentalVR, developers of immersive training technology for the surgical community, has announced
A virtual reality app developed by GIBLIB will allow medical students to experience an operating room environment. Every surgery is a complex event both for the patient and the team
Continue ReadingThe First Virtual Reality App for Live Operating Room Experiences
In some wealthy countries, more than 1 in 1,000 people may be employed as specialist surgeons. The world of medicine has changed drastically in the past few decades. There have
Continue Reading12 Countries With The Best Access To Surgeons