Spiotta Alejandro M, Buchholz Avery L, Pierce Alyssa K, Dahlkoetter JoAnn, Armonda Rocco
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
World Neurosurg. 2018 Dec;120:e188-e193. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.013. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
Top performing neurosurgeons and elite athletes require years of sacrifice, discipline, and dedication to their art to be finely attuned to their physical abilities and limitations, and a singular mental focus to reach their full potential under moments of pressure.
We outline strategies and techniques commonly used by high-performance athletes and how they may be applied to neurosurgery to achieve the highest possible surgeon preparation, patient outcomes, and career longevity.
Further investigation and integration of well-established cognitive psychology applications to surgical performance is needed. These principles are broad-reaching and may be applied to the training of our residents, our own daily routine, and as a life philosophy to enhance the longevity of our careers.
Maintaining peak performance for a neurosurgeon may prove to be more challenging than that of the elite athlete.
顶尖的神经外科医生和精英运动员需要多年的牺牲、自律和对其技艺的全身心投入,才能精准地适应自身的身体能力和局限,并在压力时刻保持专注以充分发挥潜力。
我们概述了高性能运动员常用的策略和技术,以及如何将其应用于神经外科手术,以实现外科医生的最佳准备、患者最佳预后和职业生涯的长久发展。
需要进一步研究并将成熟的认知心理学应用整合到手术表现中。这些原则具有广泛的适用性,可应用于住院医师培训、我们自己的日常工作,以及作为一种生活理念来延长我们的职业生涯。
对神经外科医生来说,保持最佳表现可能比精英运动员更具挑战性。