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Rock, pop popular genres among surgeons: Survey
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In the survey, which involved nearly 700 surgeons and other healthcare professionals from more than 50 countries, the respondents said that music relaxes and calms them in the operating room, as well as helps to improve mood and focus and breaks tension when there are quiet moment. (Shutterstock/File)
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inety percent of surgeons and surgical residents reportedly listen to music while performing surgeries, according to a survey conducted by music streaming application Spotify and Figure 1, a knowledge-sharing platform for healthcare professionals.
In the survey, which involved nearly 700 surgeons and other healthcare professionals from more than 50 countries, the respondents said that music relaxes and calms them in the operating room, as well as helps to improve mood and focus and breaks tension when there are quiet moments. One surgeon stated, “It calms the nerves and improves staff morale.”
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In regards to favorite genres, 49 percent of the respondents mentioned rock as their favorite music, followed by pop music with 48 percent, classical music with 43 percent, jazz with 24 percent and R&B with 21 percent.
“People’s lives are in my hands and listening to rock puts me in a comfortable place so my full attention is on my patients. I listen to bands from my youth and the feeling of nostalgia brings me to a calm, focused place,” said Dr. Alan I Benvenisty, an NYC-based vascular and transplant surgeon at Mount Sinai Health System, who loves to play rock music in an operating theater.
Though they have favorite music, the medical team also takes requests if the patients awake. “We do C-sections where the patients are awake. If they have a preference we go with what they want. If not, we have fun with it and play 'name that tune' from old TV shows, old songs et cetera," said one doctor. (asw)
