Smart Surgeons Sharp Decisions: Cognitive Skills to Avoid Errors & Achieve Results (Surgical Psychology) - Softcover

Uttam Shiralkar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903378818 ISBN 13: 9781903378816

Publisher: Tfm Pub Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

A vital question that concerns many: how to make surgery safer? Is it by tightening the regulations and imposing rigid protocols or by empowering surgeons with the resources to help them make safer decisions? This is the book for those who would choose the second option. What do you think separates smart surgeons from the rest? Why, on the other hand, do surgeons make blunders despite having experience and knowledge? There is only one answer to both questions - it is decision-making. Decision-making is an art and is at the heart of surgery. It decides between excellent and poor surgical performance. Although a vital part of professional activity, surgeons are not generally aware of how to optimise decision-making skills. Making a good decision is a skill that, like any skill, needs to be developed and this book reveals how surgeons can sharpen these skills. Presented here are the findings from decision science that surgeons, irrespective of specialty or seniority, can apply to everyday practice. Surgeons and pilots have many things in common. The field of aviation has improved passengers' safety over the years and some of the ideas used in the aviation industry can be translated to surgery to achieve better outcomes. Surgeons are required to adapt new strategies throughout their careers. Ideas taken from this book will help to speed up the learning curve. It offers answers to the questions that experienced surgeons may find difficult to explain. Equally, it answers the questions that trainees may even find difficult to ask. You are expected to be cogniscent of the knowledge behind making decisions. Nonetheless, no one tells you how to access this information easily. This book is the key to that vital information.

About this title

About the Author

Uttam Shiralkar MS, FRCS, MRCPsych is Consultant at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Review

"This is a very helpful book, written in a friendly and accessible style. It provides many fascinating examples of the phenomenon which so interests us surgeons. Surgeons of all ages and specialties will find it helpful to know about themselves and how they are challenged." -- Mr Tony Giddings, Past President of the Association of Surgeons of GB & Ireland

Edition details

• Publisher: Tfm Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1903378818
• ISBN 13: 9781903378816
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136