Shoulder:Commandments

The 10 Commandments of Resident Shoulder Surgeons	The 10 Commandments of Senior Shoulder Surgeons
1 When in doubt, blame the anesthetist	1 When in doubt, blame the resident
2 There’s no such thing as a stupid question	2 There’s no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid residents who ask these questions
3 All shoulder surgeons are equal	3 All shoulder surgeons are equal, but some senior shoulder surgeons are more equal than others
4 Sleepers, lunchers and nappers are loosers	4 Sleep when u can, lunch when u can, nap when u can
5 Publish or vanish	5 Force residents to publish, or make them vanish
6 If you want to help, don't help. If you can't talk and work, then don’t talk	6 You can’t help residents who won’t help themselves
7 The future belongs to those who wake up earlier than their chiefs	7 The future belongs to those who wake up earlier than their rivals
8 You can try harder	8 Do as much “nothing” as possible; less is more. (first, do not harm - primum non nocere)
9 Perfection is not good enough - if you aim for perfection, you may catch excellence	9 Perfection is good enough
10 There is no shoulder condition that can’t be repaired	10 There is no shoulder condition that can’t be repaired. However, senior shoulder surgeons do not consider themselves God. They’ve simply been put on this earth to repair his mistakes