In his first year as a resident, Gawande talks about his experiences administering a central line and his initial struggles. Atul Gawande, From "Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science" (New York: Picador, 2002) Background: Atul Gawande is a surgeon who wrote a series of articles in The New Yorker about his experiences as a doctor.Those articles then became an award-winning book. Rather, Gawande asserts, it is meant to deepen our understanding of the intricacies of medicine. A brief summary and reflection of each chapter Chapter 1: Education of a Knife This chapter was about introductory medicine and some misconceptions that are associated with learning how to become a doctor. “In most medical writing, the doctor is either a hero or a villain,” he says, with an edge in his voice. Gawande’s strengths and weaknesses as a doctor and ultimately decide if you’d like him to be your doctor. We note Gawande's observation that the exercise of autonomy means being able to relinquish it. In "Education of a Knife," for instance, Gawande begins writing as a novice anxiously learning from his chief resident how to insert a "central line." a response that is at least 400 words long. Education of a Knife. Gawande Chapter One - Education of the Knife-1 (1).pdf (locked) Whether it is the experienced surgeon teaching the new resident the steps to a procedure or the surgeon adapting to a new skill, the first patients practiced upon undergo a greater risk for harm than the rest. Unlike many physicians' narratives, however, Gawande's essays do more than tell a doctor's story. Naturally the something ends up being the patient’s safety. Examine Gawande’s strengths and weaknesses as a doctor and ultimately decide if you’d like him to be your doctor. Complications is a collection of essays about doubt and uncertainty in medicine. job to determine whether you would want Dr. Gawande to be your physician. Gawande Chapter One - Education of the Knife-1 (1).pdf (locked) Give reasons for your claims. Give reasons for your claims. While “Complications” is full of tragic errors and near misses, the book is not intended to be an expose.