RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Practice under pressure: what neurology can learn from anaesthesia JF Practical Neurology JO Pract Neurol FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP practneurol-2016-001506 DO 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001506 A1 Mark Stacey YR 2017 UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/09/28/practneurol-2016-001506.abstract 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.