Practice under pressure: what neurology can learn from anaesthesia

Stacey, Mark 2017. Practice under pressure: what neurology can learn from anaesthesia. Practical Neurology 17 (6) , pp. 439-443. 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001506

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Abstract

Performing a stressful task under pressure is challenging. Strategies to optimise our training must focus on learning a skill correctly, and then practising that skill sufficiently to avoid compromising that performance in the cauldron of the clinical environment. This article discusses ways of doing things better, based on practical strategies employed in anaesthesia, but developed primarily in elite sport and the military. It involves taking a skill, practising it until it becomes a habit and over time making it part of normal behaviour. The philosophy is simple (but difficult to apply): control what you can control and always do your best. The best summary of this strategy is: learn it right, practise it right, perform it right.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group / Blackwell Publishing
ISSN:	1474-7758
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 September 2020
Date of Acceptance:	16 August 2017
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 14:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134893

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