Cultural Inertia: What It Means to an Anesthesiology Practice and Strategies to Overcome It

Article| May 2024 Cultural Inertia: What It Means to an Anesthesiology Practice and Strategies to Overcome It George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA; George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Raymond Malapero, MD, MPH, FASA Raymond Malapero, MD, MPH, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, e2–e3. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001017028.94466.9c Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation George Tewfik, Raymond Malapero; Cultural Inertia: What It Means to an Anesthesiology Practice and Strategies to Overcome It. ASA Monitor 2024; 88:e2–e3 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001017028.94466.9c Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: inertia If you have worked in any health care system, you have almost certainly heard these phrases uttered during your work experience: "That's how it's always been done." "That's what the surgeon likes." "But your colleagues do it that way." "If it's not broke, don't fix it." Sometimes these phrases can be quite helpful; for example, when joining one's first practice as a new graduate from residency. With no experience working on your own, choosing an anesthetic plan may be easier with a preset template to follow. Asking one's colleagues how they perform sedation for their interventional radiology cases, or how they manage postoperative pain after joint replacements, may easily help a new anesthesiologist craft a successful anesthetic plan. Mimicking one's colleagues and their behaviors or templates for care may provide comfort and integrate you into the new team. Pretty soon into a career, however, it is not unusual to want... You do not currently have access to this content.