Category: Clinical
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Medical images: the only photos not in the cloud – AI Med
We know that AI could prove highly beneficial for radiologists by cutting down on read times and improving accuracy. In addition, AI could be a strong resource for mining large data sets for both individual patient care and global insights. But first, we must access the images. Today’s traditional hardware, CDs, and PACS (picture archiving…
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A.I. Versus M.D. What happens when diagnosis is automated?
The word “diagnosis,” he reminded me, comes from the Greek for “knowing apart.” Machine-learning algorithms will only become better at such knowing apart—at partitioning, at distinguishing moles from melanomas. But knowing, in all its dimensions, transcends those task-focussed algorithms. In the realm of medicine, perhaps the ultimate rewards come from knowing together. Source: A.I. Versus…
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AMA Passes First Policy Recommendations on Augmented Intelligence
Combining AI methods and systems with an irreplaceable human clinician can advance the delivery of care in a way that outperforms what either can do alone. But we must forthrightly address challenges in the design, evaluation and implementation as this technology is increasingly integrated into physicians’ delivery of care to patients. Source: AMA Passes First…
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An introduction to artificial intelligence in clinical practice and education
Two weeks ago I presented some of my thoughts on the implications of AI and machine learning in clinical practice and health professions education at the 2018 SAAHE conference. Here are the slides I used (20 slides for 20 seconds each) with a very brief description of each slide. This presentation is based on a…
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How my students do case studies in clinical practice
Our students do small case studies as part of their clinical practice rotations. The basic idea is that they need to identify a problem with their own practice; something that they want to improve. They describe the problem in the context of a case study which gives them a framework to approach the problem like a research…
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First draft of article on Informed Consent for the Clinical Teacher
Featured image “Diverging paths” by SDJ on Deviant Art. I’ve just finished the first draft of my 13th article in the Clinical Teacher mobile app. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve managed to put some effort into this project, mainly for personal reasons (my second daughter was born in March last year and we…
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Knowledge translation frameworks: Narrowing the gap between evidence and practice
There is a large gap between what we know and what we practice and the way to narrow that gap is not always clear, especially in the context of clinical practice where clinical guidelines are often ignored by healthcare professionals. There is often considerable time that elapses before research findings are transferred to common practice.…
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Clinical guidelines: should we be using them?
I attended a lecture a few days ago by Karen Grimmer-Somers, a professor at the University of South Australia and Director of the Centre for Allied Health Evidence (CAHE). An adjunct professor at the University of Stellenbosch, she visits Cape Town every year or so and this year we were fortunate enough to have her…