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Knowledge Under Pressure

On Stronger Medicine, Debriefing, and Building Awesome

Dan Dworkis, MD PhD
2 min readJun 16, 2022
Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash

Field notes from what we’ve been up to, what we’ve been taking in, and what we are thinking about at The Emergency Mind Project.

If you have ideas or things you’d like to see — or if you want to help and get more involved — I’d love to hear from you: dan@emergencymind.com

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Stronger Medicine Podcast x Dan Dworkis

Fun conversation with Dr. Julian Donovan, an emergency doc with the UK NHS on his podcast Stronger Medicine. We get into some of the core tenants of The Emergency Mind Project, and deep dive into teamwork and mental preparation.

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Debriefs Are NOT About Being Critical

“[D]ebriefs are opportunities to build and develop our teammates” Great article from the perspective of training fighter pilots about improving debriefing. Digs into the psychology of feedback and learning, and reminds us to focus on constructive improvement.

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As Rachel Vickery said in Episode 62, “fixing broken doesn’t necessarily lead to awesome.” Certainly, high-performing teams need to focus on fixing broken and removing components and habits that aren’t working…

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Dan Dworkis, MD PhD
Dan Dworkis, MD PhD

Written by Dan Dworkis, MD PhD

Emergency Doctor. Applying knowledge under pressure. The Emergency Mind Book: bit.ly/emindbook

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