
EP 137 - Dr. Derek Donegan on Orthopedic Trauma and Metacognition
Dr. Derek Donegan, orthopedic trauma surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania, on what it takes to perform when the patient, the team, and the problem are all unpredictable.

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Dr. Derek Donegan, orthopedic trauma surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania, on what it takes to perform when the patient, the team, and the problem are all unpredictable.

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What happens when life depends on perfect coordination between human and machine? In this episode, Thomas Preston — a veteran ECMO expert and executive leader at Integration Health — joins us to explore the high-stakes w

In this episode, Harry Moffitt shares his insights on human performance and philosophy. Moffitt, a director at Stoughton Group and Mission Critical Teams Institute, and a former SAS member, discusses his new book 'The Fo

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Coming home to your family after shift is a skill. In this episode, Dr. Art Finch and I talk about re-integration, and coming home as a process not an event. We introduce our new resource, "On Coming Home," a workbook fo

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