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*When making a mistake, '''admit''' that you did it and '''learn''' from it so as to focus on not repeating it.
 
*When making a mistake, '''admit''' that you did it and '''learn''' from it so as to focus on not repeating it.
*Ask for '''help''' when needed, especially when you are not sure about what to do, especially when doing something potentially irreversible. Also ask for help in moments where you are overwhelmed with urgent work.
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*Say '''"I don't know"''' instead of making up answers for what you do not know.
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*Try to '''fit''' findings with the clinical picture, in order to make a report that makes sense, but '''do not make up''' findings that you do not see, and do not '''omit''' potentially relevant features just to fit an expected story.
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*'''Ask for help''' whenever needed, such as first time you are doing something, or whenever you are not sure about what to do, especially when doing something potentially irreversible. Also ask for help in moments whenever there is a high risk that you will not achieve what you need to do within a clinically acceptable time. For '''prioritizing''' when you have more than one thing ongoing at the same time, the list at right can be used. Still, before asking, '''try''' to do as much as you can, as long as you do not do anything potentially irreversible, so that you can evaluate how you did it compared to the standard, and thereby know better how you will do it next time.
 
*'''Do not wait for the whole pile'''. Whenever you can, do not be idle or do less urgent work while there is a pile of more urgent work gathering for you elsewhere. Instead, be familiar with where such piles are forming, and go there and grab whatever you may start working on right away.
 
*'''Do not wait for the whole pile'''. Whenever you can, do not be idle or do less urgent work while there is a pile of more urgent work gathering for you elsewhere. Instead, be familiar with where such piles are forming, and go there and grab whatever you may start working on right away.
 
*For larger specimens that need fixation before final grossing, you can still '''start writing''' a report of measurements and other externally visible findings to save time for later.
 
*For larger specimens that need fixation before final grossing, you can still '''start writing''' a report of measurements and other externally visible findings to save time for later.
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*'''Save''' your digital reports frequently.<noinclude>
  
 
==Topics==
 
==Topics==
 
{{List of general notes}}
 
{{List of general notes}}
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{{List of more general notes}}
 
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Revision as of 19:41, 14 January 2022

Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

General advice

Priority
1. More invasive intraoperative consultations
(such as open surgery)

2. Less invasive intraoperative consultations
(such as skins)
3. Fresh lymph nodes
4. Fresh breast tissue (should be in
formalin within an hour from surgery)
5. Other fresh tissue
6. Tissue in formalin

  • When making a mistake, admit that you did it and learn from it so as to focus on not repeating it.
  • Say "I don't know" instead of making up answers for what you do not know.
  • Try to fit findings with the clinical picture, in order to make a report that makes sense, but do not make up findings that you do not see, and do not omit potentially relevant features just to fit an expected story.
  • Ask for help whenever needed, such as first time you are doing something, or whenever you are not sure about what to do, especially when doing something potentially irreversible. Also ask for help in moments whenever there is a high risk that you will not achieve what you need to do within a clinically acceptable time. For prioritizing when you have more than one thing ongoing at the same time, the list at right can be used. Still, before asking, try to do as much as you can, as long as you do not do anything potentially irreversible, so that you can evaluate how you did it compared to the standard, and thereby know better how you will do it next time.
  • Do not wait for the whole pile. Whenever you can, do not be idle or do less urgent work while there is a pile of more urgent work gathering for you elsewhere. Instead, be familiar with where such piles are forming, and go there and grab whatever you may start working on right away.
  • For larger specimens that need fixation before final grossing, you can still start writing a report of measurements and other externally visible findings to save time for later.
  • Save your digital reports frequently.

Topics

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