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Achieving Flow: Mastering Attention in Surgical Training and Beyond

AAS

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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What makes a neurosurgeon?

Neurosurgery

Historically, surgical training was an advanced, multi-year apprenticeship. Many surgical training programs were set up as a ‘pyramid’ with multiple trainees beginning a residency but only 1-2 completed, as the grueling nature of the work would naturally create attrition.

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How AI Is Enhancing Surgical Safety and Education

NVIDIA: Healthcare

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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4 Part Blog Series: Considerations as Junior Faculty: What Should I Be Doing? – Part 1: You Are Done with Training, Now What?

Association of Women Surgeons

You’ve completed surgical training and are now a junior faculty member. – Part 1: You Are Done with Training, Now What?" By: Christine Castater, MD, MBA Congratulations! This is the … Continue reading "4 Part Blog Series: Considerations as Junior Faculty: What Should I Be Doing?

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Episode 5 – Improving Surgical Quality Through Transparency, Data, and Video Integrations with Dr. Peter Nau

Caresyntax

Nau highlights the importance of integrating clinical, financial, and operational data to create actionable insights that can improve surgical outcomes and operational efficiency. Use of Video Data for Training and Improvement : The role of video data in enhancing surgical training and reducing variability in surgical techniques.

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Needle-Moving AI Research Trains Surgical Robots in Simulation

NVIDIA: Healthcare

The surgical framework enables developers to train robots like the da Vinci Research Kit robot, or dVRK, to manipulate both rigid and soft objects using reinforcement learning and imitation learning frameworks running on NVIDIA RTX GPUs.

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The Future of Neurological Surgery: Adapting to GME Changes

Neurosurgery

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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