Episode Details

This week we welcome Dr Chris Jurkans to talk about one of the most important — and least appreciated — roles in the operating theatre: the surgical assistant.

What actually makes a good assistant? What separates a useful assistant from a completely useless one? And what is it really like standing on the other side of the operating table?

Chris takes us behind the drapes to discuss the good, the bad and the occasionally brutal realities of assisting, including the stories and personalities he’s witnessed along the way.

As always, As told with our special blend of the truth, exaggeration and a large smothering of hilarious stories that have got us here..

The Useful Jurk — because every surgeon needs someone useful.