Tag: pdf
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Resource: Using generative AI during a PhD
“This session will look at how a set of generative AI tools can be used to support various aspects of research, such as ChatGPT, Ellicit and DALL-E (although the final selection of tools will be made nearer to the workshop). Opportunities will be provided to try out the tools alongside discussion with other participants. The…
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Research: Meta’s latest AI model makes scientific PDFs machine-readable
Meta’s latest AI model makes scientific PDFs machine-readable https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.13418 Scientific knowledge is predominantly stored in books and scientific journals, often in the form of PDFs. However, the PDF format leads to a loss of semantic information, particularly for mathematical expressions. We propose Nougat (Neural Optical Understanding for Academic Documents), a Visual Transformer model that performs…
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Developing clinical reasoning and critical thinking
“Clinical reasoning is a process in which the therapist, interacting with the patient and significant others (e.g. family and other health-care team members), structures meaning, goals and health management strategies based on clinical data, client choices and professional judgment and knowledge (Higgs & Jones, 2000). Clinical reasoning is difficult, if not impossible to “teach” (if…
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UWC writing for publication retreat: day 2
Today has focused on the practical aspect of publication i.e. actually writing, so we didn’t have as many presentations. We began by reviewing some of what was discussed yesterday and adding a few reflections and comments from participants. Yesterday, one of the presenters suggested the CARS (link downloads PDF) model for structuring an Introduction. Today,…
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To err is human: building a safer health system (free book)
While typing up my notes from the SAAHE conference (see previous post), I came across To err is human: building a safer health system, a book that had been mentioned by one of the keynote speakers. It looks at the medical community’s historically poor track record on accepting responsibility for mistakes made by healthcare professionals…