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"Herein lies one of cardiology's problems. We love procedures—perhaps too much. Procedures are one part of our work. These techniques, these physical maneuvers, require technical skills that medical training has little influence on.
But Clifford is right; being a skilled proceduralist requires dexterity, persistence, common sense, and compassion. Doctors own no monopoly on these traits. If you work in a cath or electrophysiology lab, you know this is true. You also know A students in the classroom don't always achieve that grade in a procedure room."
Anesthesia is not alone...
"Herein lies one of cardiology's problems. We love procedures—perhaps too much. Procedures are one part of our work. These techniques, these physical maneuvers, require technical skills that medical training has little influence on.
But Clifford is right; being a skilled proceduralist requires dexterity, persistence, common sense, and compassion. Doctors own no monopoly on these traits. If you work in a cath or electrophysiology lab, you know this is true. You also know A students in the classroom don't always achieve that grade in a procedure room."
Anesthesia is not alone...
