For many, right–left discrimination is second nature, but for a substantial proportion of our
population, distinguishing right from left is difficult. 1, 2 In a cohort of nearly 800 adults, about …

Distinguishing right from left can be challenging. During basic clinical training, we grappled
with distinguishing superior from inferior, proximal from distal, medial from lateral but did you …

Context Wrong‐sided procedures represent some of the most catastrophic errors in health
care. Although errors in laterality are multifaceted in origin, human error is considered to be …

Objective To determine medical students' self awareness and ability to discriminate right
from left; to identify characteristics associated with this ability; and to identify any techniques …

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2008; 21 (3): 304–307 area, of whom only 5 were female; 31%
were ambidextrous and 69% were left-handed. Among the left-handed, they found …

Left-handedness in a world of right lateral bias can be an invisible barrier both in every-day
life as well as in medical career development, and throughout a medical career. Common …

BACKGROUND: Left-handedness was historically considered a disability and a social
stigma, and teachers would make efforts to suppress it in their students. Little data are …

BACKGROUND: Left-handedness has been considered a simple inconvenience by some or
something as convoluted as “the sinister,” the Latin word for the left, by others. One in ten …

Problems connected with left-sided lateralization are absent from Polish surgical papers and
poorly represented in foreign journals. There is insufficient literature and clinical discussion …

There is a paucity of literature describing potential issues related to lateral hand dominance
in general and cardiac surgery. Nonetheless, during surgical training left-handedness can …