Hill, Andrew P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-8901 (2025) “Burnout and other (possible) costs of pursuing perfection for surgeons”. In: Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 14th October 2025, The Milner Hotel, York. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Trying to do things perfectly is laudable. However, when anything less than perfection becomes unacceptable to us, it can quickly become debilitating. The relationship between perfectionism and burnout will be explained along with the findings of recent research on the topic and the virtues of aiming to do things well (but not perfectly).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Status:	Unpublished
School/Department:	School of Science, Technology and Health
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/13339

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