The Resident Corner
Neverisms, Alwaysisms And the Dangers of Absolutisms in Surgery
“I’m just a product of my training.” I’ve heard this phrase, or a version of it, more than ...
MAY 4, 2021
Lessons in Insignificance
The residents’ mail was delivered halfway through morning clinic, and I opened a letter from a regional ...
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Stories of Surgery
Most will recall that in the Greek epic poem, “The Odyssey,” the warrior Odysseus is desperately trying ...
AUGUST 31, 2020
Birds, Balance and Burnout
When I was on my general surgery sub-internship as a fourth-year medical student, the residents advised me to avoid ...
APRIL 16, 2020
Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill?
This advertisement appeared in the London papers during the winter of 1913. Irish explorer Sir Ernest Henry ...
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Thoughts on Surgical Mentorship
For a long time, the process of mentoring surgeons has been a mantelpiece of the profession, predating any ...
APRIL 11, 2019
