Analysis Of Peter Weinstock Speech At Boston Children's Hospital

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“What if I told you there was a new technology that, when placed in the hands of doctors and nurses, improved outcomes for children and adults, patients of all ages; reduced pain and suffering, reduced time in the operating rooms, reduced anesthetic times, had the ultimate dose-response curve that the more you did it, the better it benefitted the patients?” (Weinstock, 2016, 0:11). Peter Weinstock, an Intensive Care Unit physician of Boston Children’s Hospital, and the speaker of the Ted talk titled “Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer.” He is the director of the Pediatric Simulator Program also, at the Boston Children’s Hospital. Weinstock is a well-educated being, received his PhD in molecular and cell biology from Rockefeller …show more content…

Being that it is informative and that it can benefit everyone around the world, people who work in the medical setting and the people who do not. Therefore, if anyone wanted to be informed on the new creations that are taking part in the medical setting they may have wanted to listen to what he was saying and maybe even learn something new. He also does not speak to his audience’s as if they are not intelligent nor does he speak in terms that they will not understand. The people in the audience seems very interested in what Weinstock is saying there are a mix of older white people and some young Asians. Although, there is one woman who seems a little bored with the speech. When the camera is directed towards the audience the lady looks as though she is biting her nails. Which suggest that she has become …show more content…

He compared the simulations to the airline simulations and the simulations that baseball players go through to train. He says that baseball players train in the spring and in batting cages where they would continuously hit balls that are thrown to them and that when he would get to the box he would step out and take a practice swing. He says, “…we’re building practice swings like this in medicine.” (Weinstock, 2016, 6:48). Peter and his team are creating these lifelike simulations so that surgeons could go and practice with the simulations anytime they want to enhance their