What surgeons learnt from firemen, F1 pit crew and airplane pilots

Posted on by Akshat Rathi

From Kevin Fong’s BBC Horizon programme:

  1. Multi-tasking comes at an expense.
  2. Use checklists to reduce human errors
  3. In a team know who is responsible, at all times.
  4. When in emergency, follow rule 2.

Published by Akshat Rathi

Akshat Rathi is a science journalist. He has previously worked at The Economist and The Conversation. His writing has appeared in Nature, The Guardian and The Hindu. He has a PhD in chemistry from Oxford University and a BTech in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.

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