Meritocratic systems attribute surgical success to individual surgeon greatness and reward high-performing surgeons accordingly, yet ignore the fact that surgical excellence is a team accomplishment, systematically misidentifying the source of performance and rewarding individuals for outcomes produced by their teams.
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Malcolm GladwellEvidence Quote
“does the meritocratic system recognize that uh being a really good surgeon is not an individual accomplishment but a team accomplishment no it doesn't...the whole metacrotic system is based on the assumption that what we're observing here is the greatness of this particular individual surgeon”
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