The mental strategies of surgeons: A primer - Part II

Abstract

The mental strategies that surgeons need to understand and acquire in their training are, on the one hand, crucial to successful performance, while, on the other hand, are often not taught as explicitly as one might expect in training programs. The goal of this treatise is to provide a summary of these important concepts in an attempt to make them at least a bit more accessible, both to the trainees, as they attempt to acquire them, and to their mentors, as they work to convey them.