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Half of surgeons are below average

Half of surgeons are below average

by Mark Hughes
  It is unnerving as a surgeon to recognise that half the surgical workforce is, statistically speaking, below average. No surgeon would like to t...
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eoSurgical - 10 years of improving surgical skills!

eoSurgical - 10 years of improving surgical skills!

by Mark Hughes
  eoSurgical has now been in operation for ten years. Time has flown by since our first webcam-in-a-shoebox iteration. This first product was offe...
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Front page news – the evidence base grows

Front page news – the evidence base grows

by Mark Hughes
  eoSurgical is driven by innovation underpinned by evidence. We have a track record in publishing and presenting evidence highlighting the effica...
evidence notts
Surgical fulfilment, fatigue, and expectations

Surgical fulfilment, fatigue, and expectations

by Mark Hughes
  Alain de Botton, philosopher and author, suggests: “A firm belief in the necessary misery of life was for centuries one of mankind’s most import...
surgery
The long covid hangover looming for surgical training

The long covid hangover looming for surgical training

by Mark Hughes
  In the UK, and probably worldwide, surgeons are not being trained as they were pre-pandemic. The cancellation and resultant backlog of elective ...
surgical training
Surgeons, empathy, and Shakespeare

Surgeons, empathy, and Shakespeare

by Mark Hughes
- Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, King Lear Act III scene iii Surgeons, amongst doctors in general, sometimes distance themselves f...
safer surgery surgery
Sustainability, surgery, and eoSurgical

Sustainability, surgery, and eoSurgical

by Mark Hughes
  The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) took place just 50 miles west of eoSurgical HQ in Edinburgh. Acting to avert the impending climat...
sustainability
The power of gratitude in surgery

The power of gratitude in surgery

by Mark Hughes
  Being a surgeon can be deeply rewarding. That reward is intimately connected with patient outcome: an operation completed without complication, ...
safer surgery surgery
ASiT - eoSurgical launches medical education bursary

ASiT - eoSurgical launches medical education bursary

by Mark Hughes
eoSurgical is driven by patient safety - improving surgical skills in risk-free environments that translates into safer surgery for our patients. O...
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Global Surgery – how eoSurgical fits in

Global Surgery – how eoSurgical fits in

by Mark Hughes
  As jobbing surgeons working in the NHS, the founders of eoSurgical are entirely familiar with the impact of financial constraints on healthcare ...
safer surgery
NOTSS meets eoSurgical

NOTSS meets eoSurgical

by Mark Hughes
  Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) are fundamental to safe patient care. Implementation of NOTSS- training has been shown to lead to safe...
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Surgery, art, and mediated matter

Surgery, art, and mediated matter

by Mark Hughes
As long as there have been surgeons, there has been an interface with art. Da Vinci applied artistic skills to the study of anatomy and dissected n...
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