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The Perfect Surgical Assistant: Calm, Confident, Competent and Courageous

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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:43 authored by Susan Hall, Julie Quick, Andrew W. Hall
Poor surgical assistance has been identified as a major stressor in surgeons, making the ability to provide effective surgical assistance an important skill which will have a lifelong impact on the surgical patient. Knowledge and technical ability are clearly important, but strong personal qualities are more so in the long run. This applies to all who provide assistance either as a surgical first assistant or surgical care practitioner. These skills and attributes are needed to provide a safe service that meets the expectations of both the professional regulatory authorities and surgical Royal Colleges. Advice is given in this article as to how non-medical practitioners may acquire these skills.

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  • Yes

Volume

26

Issue number

9

Page range

201-204

Publication title

Journal of Perioperative Practice

ISSN

2515-7949

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SAGE

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  • other

Legacy posted date

2019-08-23

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)

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