PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mark Stacey TI - Practice under pressure: what neurology can learn from anaesthesia AID - 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001506 DP - 2017 Oct 21 TA - Practical Neurology PG - practneurol-2016-001506 4099 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/21/practneurol-2016-001506.short 4100 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/21/practneurol-2016-001506.full AB - Performing a stressful task under pressure is challenging. Strategies to optimise our training must focus on learning a skill correctly, and then practising that skill sufficiently to avoid compromising that performance in the cauldron of the clinical environment. This article discusses ways of doing things better, based on practical strategies employed in anaesthesia, but developed primarily in elite sport and the military. It involves taking a skill, practising it until it becomes a habit and over time making it part of normal behaviour. The philosophy is simple (but difficult to apply): control what you can control and always do your best. The best summary of this strategy is: learn it right, practise it right, perform it right.