SurgicalPsychology&PerformanceGroup

Unfortunately our paper isn’t open access but here is a graphic abstract of our key findings - what are you thoughts 🤔

Achieving peak performance necessitates the courage to look within oneself. Lilli Cooper’s honest and intriguing look at overcoming the tremor - privileged to play a small part here. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… @RCSnews @RCSI_Irl @RCSEd @rcpsglasgow @PlastSurgAus @ASPS_News

Great to see RCS President highlighting importance of peer-peer surgeon support after adverse events and joint RCS England/ Bournemouth University initiatives sway.office.com/IuVmJ64BNMNKeY… @TMitchellFRCS

Are you a member of the surgical workforce in the UK? Complete RCS England’s workforce census & work with us to drive real change. Please take just 10 minutes to complete the census before the closing date of 13th June: forms.office.com/e/9ez4sM3LZn #orthotwitter

@RCSnews Would encourage all surgeons to complete! Includes a wellbeing section which is vital to help collection of objective longitudinal wellbeing data to shape interventions and improvements for surgeons @BSSHand @BAPRASvoice @ENT_UK @ABSGBI @ASiTofficial @PLASTAUK

Are you a member of the surgical workforce in the UK? Complete the College’s workforce census and work with us to drive real change. The more we know, the better equipped we are to advocate for you. Take 10 minutes to complete the census: ow.ly/z2SW50NQaBH

Short breaks during operations might be good for us in all kind of ways and not even make the operating time any longer. Who takes deliberate breaks during a case? (with thanks to BBC R4 Just One Thing) #surgery @asgbi bit.ly/3IQpH2Z bit.ly/3iJqBUr

Research opportunity for parents of children born with a cleft, aged 8-12. Please RT friends and colleagues in the cleft community!

@CamesResearch Copenhagen: Brain storming the future of #simulation training for surgery with @Medtronic @SriSubramaniam2 @Ryan_L_K @IsaOpitz; pleased to share our research @SurgPerform

Surgeons’ Leadership Style and Team Behavior in the Hybrid Operating Room: Prospective Cohort Study journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Maximising confidence and prep for peak surgical performance- drawing on research we did @SurgPerform @MattHotton #plasticsurgery #microsurgery #MedEd #surgicaltraining with @rebecca5hirley @RoySocMed

We are pleased to welcome two fellows, Akish Luintel and Robert Miller, in Clinical #ArtificialIntelligence at King’s! These are the first fellowships of this kind, bringing clinical #AI expertise to medical training! ➡️ bit.ly/3wGlgQE l #ClinicalAIFellows l @AI4VBH

BAPRAS has put out a statement in response to the misinformation regarding the use of Botox for patients with Bell's Palsy aired on #JeremyVine on @BBCRadio2 on 9 May 2022. Read the full statement: bit.ly/3wjc7xo

Despite their overconfident reputation, surgeons get stage fright too ms.spr.ly/6018wQIHq

Interesting take on surgical performance anxiety! Didn’t know this was a thing until I read through this. #Neurosurgery #Spinesurgery

To all clinicians who perform procedures, we have tried to open up the taboo topic of #stagefright / #performance anxiety. Like pro musicians&athletes etc, it’s normal and we need to acknowledge & provide training/support. #surgery @RCSnews @SurgPerform

Interesting topic. I’ve always felt a small amount of performance anxiety helps keep surgeons out of trouble. Too much is unhealthy and should be compensated by senior/ partner support and mentorship. All surgeons should have a “Redline” , the boundaries of their expertise.

@TsengJennifer @SyedAAhmad5 We agree and also found that 70% of responders felt SPA could have a positive impact on performance. However, should surgeons be taught to recognise +/- control anxiety in surgery to improve performance?

@SyedAAhmad5 Agree. Think of any performer going on stage or field - some adrenaline, some excitement keeps you on your game. Too little and you dial it in. Too much and you get stage fright.

@DrDavidSLiu @Murali_HPBSurg @CtanzDavid @MarkarSheraz @JessieAElliott @AstecAustin Thank you - we agree! Do you see it in your trainees? and if so, what do you do?

Very important study on a topic not spoken openly about but clearly exist in our training and workplace. Time for culture change ⁦@Murali_HPBSurg⁩ ⁦@CtanzDavid⁩ ⁦@MarkarSheraz⁩ ⁦@JessieAElliott⁩ ⁦@AstecAustin⁩ journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

@NahaiDr @ASJrnl @TheAestheticSoc @NahaiDr Maybe we now have an answer! 87% of surgeons experienced surgical performance anxiety in our U.K. cohort... I wonder if that is the same internationally 🤔

My latest editorial: I wonder how many of you have experienced it.@ASJrnl @TheAestheticSoc Performance Anxiety in the Surgical Theater academic.oup.com/asj/asj/articl…