AAS

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As a big fan of the latter, I even own the Planet Money coffee mug and t-shirt with a cute squirrel holding a martini tee shirt and coffee mug – a reference to John Maynard Keynes’ […] The post Achieving Flow: Mastering Attention in Surgical Training and Beyond appeared first on Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

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NVIDIA: Healthcare

JANUARY 15, 2025

Troves of unwatched surgical video footage are finding new life, fueling AI tools that help make surgery safer and enhance surgical education. The Surgical Data Science Collective (SDSC) is transforming global surgery through AI-driven video analysis, helping to close the gaps in surgical training and practice.

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Caresyntax

JUNE 13, 2025

Democratization of Rare Case Knowledge: Expanded access to rare procedures, overcoming the limitations of traditional surgical training, and exposing more surgeons to diverse case experiences. Shorter Surgeries: Surgeons can consult instantly without leaving the OR, saving time during procedures.

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Neurosurgery

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Until the 19 th century, surgical training was haphazard with no standardization. The surgical trainee learned through observation of a mentor and finished training when the mentor decided it was time. As surgery evolved from a trade to a profession, surgical training also evolved, pioneered by William S.

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Neurosurgery

JUNE 19, 2024

Historically, surgical training was an advanced, multi-year apprenticeship. Trainees would identify a mentor from whom they would master the art and skill of surgery.

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Caresyntax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Panel Discussion Report: Data Driven Medtech Development in Surgery Caresyntax’s recent panel discussion in Munich, Germany, marks another milestone in the evolution of data-driven development in surgery.

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NVIDIA: Healthcare

MAY 15, 2024

A collaboration between NVIDIA and academic researchers is prepping robots for surgery. ORBIT-Surgical — developed by researchers from the University of Toronto, UC Berkeley, ETH Zurich, Georgia Tech and NVIDIA — is a simulation framework to train robots that could augment the skills of surgical teams while reducing surgeons’ cognitive load.

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