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Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 5/2014

01-05-2014 | Editorial

Orthopaedic sports surgery: art or science?

Authors: J. Espregueira-Mendes, M. Karahan

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 5/2014

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Have you ever known any young resident full of ambition and knowledge but unable to perform a basic bone drilling despite numerous attempts? On the opposite, did you ever meet a young resident, strikingly skillful however missing basic theoretical concepts? It is statistically inevitable that you will encounter both if you have been training young colleagues for an amount of time. It is responsibility of a teaching mentor to identify the qualities and pitfalls of each trainee, from an educational perspective, so you can get the best out of both characters. …
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Metadata
Title
Orthopaedic sports surgery: art or science?
Authors
J. Espregueira-Mendes
M. Karahan
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-2921-9

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