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Gawande A. The Coach in the Operating Room | The New Yorker. September 26 2011

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Atul Gawande is an accomplished surgeon, public health researcher and writer. This is one of several eloquent and thoughtful essays published in the New Yorker on medical topics. In this one he raises the question of why it should be that eminent musicians and elite sports stars accept the need for ongoing coaching, but not as rule surgeons and other medical specialists. He points out the good evidence that coaching works well in improving the performance of other professionals such as teachers, and recounts his own experiences in using a surgical colleague as a coach