Narrative Medicine Category, aka the human side
Mountains beyond mountains (Tracy Kidder)
- Journey of Paul Farmer of Boston
- Improve global health in Haiti and beyond
When breath becomes air (Paul Kalanithi)
- Neurosurgeon becomes a patient himself
Attitude and Learning
An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth (Chris Hadfield)
- How to be net zero in a team
- Excellence through life long learning
- Simulations & preparation for high-stakes procedures
- What is the next thing that is going to kill me?
Mastery (Rob Greene)
- How to become a master in any field
- Three phases: apprenticeship, creative exploration, mastery
Streetlight and Shadows (Gary Klein)
- Expertise vs learning protocols and procedures
- Decision making in ordered vs complex environments
Mistakes were made, but not by me (Carol Travis)
- Cognitive dissonance
- Confirmation bias
- Making mistakes in a healthy way
Peak (Anders Ericsson)
- How to become a master
- Naive vs deliberate practice
Effective work
Deep work (Cal Newport)
- To work effectively you need to do away with distractions
- Work smart vs work hard
- Note this also applies to personal life (his book Digital Minimalism)
Seven habits of highly successful people (Steven Covey)
- General setup: be a healthy you, engage with others
- Big picture thinking
The five dysfunctions of a team (Patrick Lencioni)
- why teams struggle
Finally my current reading list
- Field Guide to Understanding Human Error (Sidney Dekker)
- Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime (Peter Gotzsche)
- What Doctors Feel (Danielle Ofri)