Career Skills for Surgeons
This book presents various skills to help surgeons improve their day-to-day performance and development including professionalism, communication, situation awareness, decision making, leadership, and technical dexterity. It also offers advice on how to or
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Career Skills for Surgeons
Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous
Career Skills for Surgeons
Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics Blackpool Victoria Hospital Blackpool Lancashire United Kingdom
The sketches (figures) included in this article were drawn by Robert Brownlow and Crysanthos Therapontos, commissioned by CP Charalambous. The copyright is held by CP Charalambous. ISBN 978-3-319-57489-9 ISBN 978-3-319-57490-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57490-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017949874 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
I dedicate this book to my parents and to all my special teachers and trainers
Foreword
This book contains a wealth of knowledge to better guide the aspiring surgeon through the many hoops of fire that they will encounter in their chosen career of surgery. It offers a guide to junior doctors in how to deal with the personal demands, difficulties and pressures of an evolving chosen surgical career path. Written is an easy to understand, relaxed style, the reader is guided through a series of chapters dealing with all the major obstacles a junior trainee is likely to encounter in their career progression. Choosing surgery as a career ultimately commits and/or condemns a trainee to many years of hard study. Just concentrating on the basics of training preparing for progress assessments and ensuring log book numbers meet indicative targets is all very well, but the average trainee needs to be much more informed and savvy than this. This book will give trainees that extra edge by p
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