【英语时差8,16】你的外科医生怎么准备大型手术？（在线收听）

Y: Hey, Don, did you ever wanna be a doctor when you were a kid?

D: Yeah, I always wanted to be a surgeon.

Y: So, what happened?

D: I’m afraid of blood. Plus, it’s a lot of pressure. Having someone’s life in your hands, I mean, one mistake, and you can kill someone.

Y: Right. But you know there are things surgeons can do to cut down on mistakes, like for instance warming up before operating. 

D: You mean warming up as stretching or something?

Y: Not exactly, but sort of. Most of the time surgeons prepare for the surgery by going over the case and thinking about the procedure. But studies have shown that warming up by actually practicing the procedure or going through the hand motion of the surgery really helps. In one study, doctors that warmed up this way had 80% fewer errors than doctors who didn’t warm up.

D: Wow. So how can surgeons practice with a computer simulator or something?

Y: Exactly. And many hospitals have simulators but they are usually tacked away in a classroom or a basement. But if there were a practice simulator near the OR, more surgeons could take a few minutes to warm up and perform better during the real thing.

D: Cool. If I had known about this, maybe I would have become a surgeon.

Y: Maybe.