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But failure to do [[simple|the easy stuff]] can undermine the most exquisite expertise. An ''aide memoire'' to help you through the drudgery reduces that risk. A well-formed checklist can, unglamorously, ensure that exquisite judgement and skill is being exercised: putting in group meetings in a repeat process where all concerned have an opportunity to raise questions and hash things out. | But failure to do [[simple|the easy stuff]] can undermine the most exquisite expertise. An ''aide memoire'' to help you through the drudgery reduces that risk. A well-formed checklist can, unglamorously, ensure that exquisite judgement and skill is being exercised: putting in group meetings in a repeat process where all concerned have an opportunity to raise questions and hash things out. | ||
Not any old to-do list, of course: a checklist is something quite different. There is an art to composing an effective checklist | Not any old to-do list, of course: a checklist is something quite different. There is an art to composing an effective checklist — making it short enough to be feasible, profound enough to ensure no steps are “skipped”, but thorough enough to catch a significant portion of “operational error”. | ||
Those involved in professional occupations which will find much surprising learning in Gawande’s short book. I dare say the challenge will be convincing supercilious fellow practitioners — can you imagine any of those, readers? — to stoop to such an elementary means of improving their expert performance. | Those involved in professional occupations which will find much surprising learning in Gawande’s short book. I dare say the challenge will be convincing supercilious fellow practitioners — can you imagine any of those, readers? — to stoop to such an elementary means of improving their expert performance. |