"The heart of a lion, the eyes of an eagle, and the hands of a lady..."

It's Always Sunny in Surgery · 2025-03-02

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It has oft been said that “The heart of a lion, the eyes of an eagle, and the hands of a lady maketh the surgeon.” Well then, time to get into it! Who or what are surgeons? What makes us tick? Do we really need the ❤️ of a 🦁, the 👀 of an 🦅 or the 💅of a👩‍💼 to do the job well?

Are the characteristics needed to be a surgeon hardwired into us? 🧬 If surgeons were made to wear the Harry Potter sorting hat, what house would we be, and what does that say about us…?🐍We get introspective about our own personalities and how we fit into this work persona 🔬 🤓How much crossover is there between us and psychopaths? 🫣Are we really more attractive than other types of doctors? 💁‍♀️What does it all really boil down to…? 🔪🙏

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Additional sources discussed in this episode:

Well, we're not gonna argue! 😏 https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/30/survey-surgeons-are-the-most-attractive-doctors/

Yikes 😬 https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/rcsbull.2015.331

If you say so...https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/44562/some-surgeons-may-be-psychopathsbut-thats-no-bad-thing

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It's Always Sunny in Surgery

We are Assad and Jamie. We're two surgical trainees in the North of England. As part of our interest in medical education and mentoring, we've been tasked with creating a podcast that provides adequate exposure of surgical training. This is the podcast that aims to dissect, to probe, to anatomise and analyse what it is to be a surgical trainee. Welcome to It's Always Sunny in Surgery.

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