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Training to Proficiency

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“See one, do one, teach one,” the paradigm ingrained in surgical minds for the past century since the days of Halsted, has helped to mature generations of well-trained surgeons. Many contemporary issues such as advances in technology, restrictions in training work hours, expensive operating room costs, safety, and ethical concerns challenge this ideology.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Frank H. Kidd, Jr. MD Distinguished Professorship in Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Daniel J. Scott MD (Associate Professor)

  2. Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Daniel J. Scott MD (Director)

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Michael J. Lee MD (Resident)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Scott, D.J., Scott, D.J., Lee, M.J. (2012). Training to Proficiency. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_45

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