Source: Wikimedia Commons and Andrea Jenkins, U.S. Air Force
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Spine surgeons are no strangers to measurement. They spend their careers measuring deformity angles, pedicle screw trajectories, blood loss, length of stay, and — when they’re honest — each other.

But how do spine surgeons actually measure themselves? More specifically, how do they assess whether the next generation of spine surgeons is truly competent?


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