The Learning Curve
May 17th, 2008 |
The learning curve in a production setting is a concept which was first introduced in the aeronautical industry during the 1920s.
It was developed to analyze the time taken to move from the initial phase of production, where work is slower and less efficient, to a more effective phase, once production is well established.
Clearly, the notion of a learning curve is relevant in surgery. When developing a new service, or introducing a new technique, there will be a phase when the surgeon only has a small amount of experience in that procedure.
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