Comments on: About surgeons http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/about-surgeons.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: junernhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/about-surgeons.html#comment-82758 junern Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/about-surgeons.html#comment-82758 The paragraph stating medical students on their first day in the OR "are handed instruments and instructed to jump right in….hands deep within peoples’ bellies…” has to be one of the most shocking revelations I’ve ever read about surgical training.<br/><br/>I wonder if anybody in that OR witnessing such a cavalier disregard for patient safety would ever have their surgery done by that doctor. The paragraph stating medical students on their first day in the OR “are handed instruments and instructed to jump right in….hands deep within peoples’ bellies…” has to be one of the most shocking revelations I’ve ever read about surgical training.

I wonder if anybody in that OR witnessing such a cavalier disregard for patient safety would ever have their surgery done by that doctor.

]]> By: DermDochttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/about-surgeons.html#comment-82732 DermDoc Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/about-surgeons.html#comment-82732 A great post. Brought me right back to my vascular and transplant surg rotations as a med student. I loved it as much as I hated it. A great post. Brought me right back to my vascular and transplant surg rotations as a med student. I loved it as much as I hated it.

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