Here are my top 3 tips for getting autonomy in the OR as a resident. A 🧵
#1 demonstrate you have prepared by asking specific questions about the case. I want to gain access here because of their previously surgical history etc.
#3 set up your room. Make sure you have your monitors in place, know what side you want your instruments on and stand on the side you need to be to operate. Don’t give up the surgery before it’s started! #surgicaleducation#residencylife#mentorship#herniasurgery
Completely agree. The nurse in the room wouldn’t open the stitches I asked for because of cost…. My response. How would you like to do this anastomosis. The things I needed were then opened.
#2 tell us what part(s) of the procedure you want to work On - this let’s us know you a. the steps of the procedure and b. Have evaluated your skill and thought of areas you want to work on
Here is a #subtlesurgeonburn that was used on me today. Co-surgeon walks into the room for their portion of the case. Immediately states “is it time to re-dose antibiotics?” #sizzle
@herniabarbie doing a live TAR in Delhi and reconstructing the thinnest posterior sheath I’ve seen in a while. Putting in a clinic in how to manage the difficult posterior layer. @awrsurgeons
