Does The 10,000-Hours Rule Apply To Clinical Trials?

By Nicole Latimer, Medrio CEO

When I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers in 2009, I first learned that to perform at the highest levels, you need to devote ten years or 10,000 hours to practice. Since then, the concept has been embraced^[1] (just ask any parent of an athlete on a youth travel team), refined^[2] (we meant 10,000 hours of practice with a gifted instructor), and debunked^[3] (10,000 hours was the average; you really have to look at the range).

Regardless of where you stand on the 10,000 hours, there is no question that performance excellence stems from experience. There is also no question that performance excellence is valued. We search for performance excellence and are willing to pay more to receive it.