Antifragile orthopaedic surgeons : a reflection on the training experience
Date
2019
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South African Orthopaedic Association
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: I’m a newly qualified orthopaedic surgeon. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. This essay is a reflection on the things I learnt doing it. I could say that I ‘burnt out’ during my surgical training. But that expression has been used to describe such a range of symptoms,
from someone merely feeling depressed, to being the cause of a
colleague’s suicide, that it has lost most of its meaning.
In May 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) clarified
the term, and it has its own ICD-11 code now: ‘QD85’. It’s not a
disorder as such, but one of the ‘factors influencing health status
or contact with health services’, specifically related to one’s work
environment.
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CITATION: Venter, R. G. 2019. Antifragile orthopaedic surgeons: a reflection on the training experience. SA Orthopaedic Journal, 18(4), 12-13.
The original publication is available at https://www.saoj.org.za/index.php/saoj/index
The original publication is available at https://www.saoj.org.za/index.php/saoj/index
Keywords
Orthopedic surgeons -- Training, Medical education, Orthopedic surgery
Citation
Venter, R. G. 2019. Antifragile orthopaedic surgeons: a reflection on the training experience. SA Orthopaedic Journal, 18(4), 12-13.