Incision

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Surgery is a high-impact place to reduce waste. In this article, we explore the complex and confronting topic of waste in surgical care and the unignorable price that this comes at. We look for solutions in some of the inspiring initiatives of teams worldwide, helping us balance the books and work together towards a brighter, more sustainable future.

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AAS

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought forth a myrad of applications across diverse fields, and academic medicine is no outlier. Among the various AI models, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has faced its share of skepticism. However, when used judiciously, it emerges as a multifaceted tool with promising applications in research, education, and patient care.

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Incision

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Surgery must adapt if we’re to meet the environmental challenges that define our times. In this blog, we dive deep into the murky waters surrounding waste in surgical care, and shine a light on some of the teams around the world helping us work towards a brighter, more sustainable future. Waste on Unprecedented Scale Globally, we generate about 1.47 billion tons of solid waste each year.

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Mark Raines

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In our community, doctors are in a group of people that are held up to a different standard than the rest of the community. I realised that a few years ago when I posted to Facebook a picture of myself holding up a dead feral cat that I had dispatched with an arrow. Someone commented “Doctors should not be killing animals” And I thought I was doing the environment a favour by taking a predator of native animals out of the picture.

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