Cultivating a Thinking Surgeon: New Perspectives on Clinical Teaching, Learning and Assessment
BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7538.429 (Published 16 February 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:429
- James Drife, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology (j.o.drife@leeds.ac.uk)
- Leeds
“Thinking surgeon” is a phrase that invites a smirk. Surgeons like to cultivate their image as doers, not thinkers. In multidisciplinary discussions they generally brood for a long time before saying, “I'm only a simple surgeon but…” No one is fooled by this self deprecation, which is a preamble to the surgeon cutting through the verbiage and getting to the heart of the matter.
Linda de Cossart, Della Fish
tfm Publishing, £35/$65/$C90/€55, pp 296 ISBN 1 903378 26 5www.tfmpublishing.com
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Educationists, on the other hand, enjoy a good think, preferably while sitting in a circle. They write ideas on flipcharts and add arrows pointing up and down. …
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