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The Mental Strategies of Surgeons: A Primer - Part II
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. ctribble@virginia.edu.
The Heart Surgery Forum
|March 5, 2021
Abstract:
In this two part essay, we have addressed the mental skills and strategies of surgeons that students interested in a career in Surgery and residents training in this realm should have or acquire during their trajectories on their career paths. In Part I of this treatise, we covered the concepts of foundations, the hardy personality, preparation, and decision making. In Part II, we will address the concepts of vision, awareness and focus, reflection and analysis, leadership, and independence.

