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...culture. We evolved from a world where the operating theater - we called it a theater - was a stage for the surgeon. Now it is a stage for an entire team of people to work in sync. The most important component [of the checklist] has turned out to be making sure that everybody in the room has been introduced by name and that people just take a minute to discuss the case in advance. I introduced the checklist in my operating room, and I've not gotten through a week without it catching a problem. It has been really eye-opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atul Gawande: How to Make Doctors Better | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

...tumor found in his abdomen. It was on multiple spinal X-rays he'd had, but they were just looking at the spine and they forgot to check the other images. It's a kind of basic mistake radiologists can make. But if you have a checklist, you make sure you've looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atul Gawande: How to Make Doctors Better | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

Some of these books are ones you've probably heard of before, others are ones you haven't. But since none of them are assigned in any classes you’re currently taking, all are sure to qualify as reading you might actually...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Books to Read Over J-Term | 1/3/2010 | See Source »

...clean, user-friendly interface of gtrot.com calls a certain phrase to mind. Does it float like a butterfly? Sure, why not. But see, after the jump, how its innovative approach to traveling "connected" promises to stings competitors like, well...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gtrot Your Way Out of Cambridge | 1/2/2010 | See Source »

Consciously and unconsciously, people tend to imitate those around them. That's why the latest research shows that things like happiness, smoking cessation and obesity can spread like a contagion through social networks. So surround yourself with friends who can also be role models. "Make sure that people you hang out with are people who look and act the way you would like to. Social imitation is the easiest form not only of flattery but of self-improvement," says Stanton Peele, author of Seven Tools to Beat Addiction. (Read "In Old Age, Friends Can Keep You Young. Really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions: Advice from the Experts | 1/1/2010 | See Source »

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