We spend a significant amount of time focusing on the mentee-mentor relationship within academic surgery. This focus is justified considering the relationship is often forged during the fires of our surgical training and provides us with guidance and unrivaled altruism that defines our early career paths. While many of us have surgeons we look to […]
Quality Improvement is Not A Spectator Sport
Mrs. Surles was my 9th grade algebra teacher. She was an impeccably dressed woman with piercing dark eyes that commanded attention and demanded excellence. She referred to her immature and precociously smug students, myself included, by our last names only and, in turn, created an environment of mutual respect and attention. Above her blackboard smattered […]