Where commercial mesh is too expensive, researchers say this affordable innovation might improve access to the surgery. Study has revealed that low-cost mosquito mesh will be a good alternative for hernia repair in poor countries. Synthetic mesh is the preferred… Read More »Alternative for Hernia Repair in Poor Countries: Study
The Oculus Rift to be used to train surgeons? Read on to find out more about this unexpected, but possible, collaboration between surgery and gaming technology! Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/281752.php August 2014 saw the first ever “virtual reality operation,” conducted as part of research… Read More »Can Surgeons Be Trained Using Gaming Technology?
Mechanical engineers who have applied the principles of origami to make tools smaller and more compact for spaceflight are now using their knowledge to create tiny, robotic surgical instruments. They foresee surgical incisions becoming so small they can heal on… Read More »Surgery Without Stitches In Sight Thanks To ‘Origami Tools’
My interns started the term with mixed career aspirations. One wanted to do interventional radiology, the other, “not sure.” Now, in their last few weeks of our term, they’re thinking about a surgical career. Which I think is great. I’ve… Read More »So You Want To Be A Surgeon? Here Are 10 Tips To Help You.
Do you know the difference between a surgeon and God? God doesn’t think he’s a surgeon. The following is taken from an article written by “Hope Amantine”, who is a surgeon who blogs at Simple Country Surgeon. Read the whole article here.… Read More »A Surgeon Who Wasn’t God In The OR After All
When did you know you wanted to be a doctor? the pre-med asked. Maybe it should have been an easy question to answer, but it wasn’t. The following has been taken from an article written by Dr.Megan Riddle. Read It Here. Source: http://www.studentdoctor.net/… Read More »When Did You Know You Wanted to be a Doctor?
I don’t care who you are or what you do for a living. I want you to answer a question. A question that everyone should ask themselves at some point in life. The following is taken from an article written by… Read More »The Question Everyone Should Ask Themselves
If you are reading this and you are a medical student, resident, or fellow who feels frustrated and burnt out and is questioning your decision to become a doctor, I have two words of advice: hang on. The following is… Read More »To Medical Students and Residents: It Really Does Get Better
You have to earn your cynicism. That’s my rule. Young pre-med and medical students, even some residents don’t have the same right to cyncism as the rest of us who have labored in emergency departments for years, for decades. The… Read More »Doctors Need To Earn Their Cynicism
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