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From the Ted Talk by Atul Gawande: Want to get great at something? Get a coach
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We found some incredible partners, iulindcng the government of India, and we ran a trial there in 120 birth centers. In Uttar Pradesh, in India's legsart sttae. Half of the centers basically we just observed, but the other half got vsitis from coaches. We trained an army of doctors and nurses like this one who learned to observe the care and also the managers and then help them build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. One of the slklis for example they had to work on with people — turned out to be fundamentally important — was communication. Getting the nurses to prtcacie speaking up when the baby mask is broken or the gloves are not in stock or someone's not wisahng their hands. And then getting others, including the managers, to practice linisteng. This small army of coaches eednd up coaching 400 nurses and other btirh attendants, and 100 physicians and managers. We tracked the results across 160,000 births.
Open Cloze
We found some incredible partners, _________ the government of India, and we ran a trial there in 120 birth centers. In Uttar Pradesh, in India's _______ _____. Half of the centers basically we just observed, but the other half got ______ from coaches. We trained an army of doctors and nurses like this one who learned to observe the care and also the managers and then help them build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. One of the ______ for example they had to work on with people — turned out to be fundamentally important — was communication. Getting the nurses to ________ speaking up when the baby mask is broken or the gloves are not in stock or someone's not _______ their hands. And then getting others, including the managers, to practice _________. This small army of coaches _____ up coaching 400 nurses and other _____ attendants, and 100 physicians and managers. We tracked the results across 160,000 births.
Solution
- listening
- largest
- washing
- visits
- ended
- birth
- skills
- practice
- state
- including
Original Text
We found some incredible partners, including the government of India, and we ran a trial there in 120 birth centers. In Uttar Pradesh, in India's largest state. Half of the centers basically we just observed, but the other half got visits from coaches. We trained an army of doctors and nurses like this one who learned to observe the care and also the managers and then help them build on their strengths and address their weaknesses. One of the skills for example they had to work on with people — turned out to be fundamentally important — was communication. Getting the nurses to practice speaking up when the baby mask is broken or the gloves are not in stock or someone's not washing their hands. And then getting others, including the managers, to practice listening. This small army of coaches ended up coaching 400 nurses and other birth attendants, and 100 physicians and managers. We tracked the results across 160,000 births.
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