“And what is good, and what is not good, need we ask anyone to tell us these things.”-Plato. Harvey Cushing said, “The physician requires a special combination of head and heart, the surgeon, head, heart and hand”. The hand and the handedness were thus made and have remained a debate in surgical domains. The surgical teachers constantly try to recruit the best and the brightest. At the same time my generation i.e.
“Generation-Y” looks for a fulfilling, well balanced social life in coherence with the surgical pursuit. A career in surgery remains as attractive as it seems after watching Surgeons idolized in media, literature, and popular shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy” world over. Less than 10% of the medical students aspiring to be surgeons are left-handed while the majority of surgical programs have dedicated right handed training structure. The data raises some apprehensions for the…
