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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 4/2012

01-04-2012

From the Editors’ Desk: Improving Performance Through Coaching, Incentives, Feedback, and Practice

Author: Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 4/2012

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In a widely quoted New Yorker piece published last year (October 3, 2011), Atul Gawande urges doctors to embrace coaching as a means to improve clinical performance. Using a series of compelling stories, Gawande shows how coaching makes a huge difference to athletes, musicians, and business executives. He describes how inviting an old surgical mentor into the operating room led to some surprising insights—and better surgical results. …
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Title
From the Editors’ Desk: Improving Performance Through Coaching, Incentives, Feedback, and Practice
Author
Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH
Publication date
01-04-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-1999-3

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