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- COVID Care Learning platform receives award for innovation in healthcare education
A team led by Maria Tassone, Karen Chaiton and Mohammad Salhia from The Michener Institute of Education at UHN and University Health Network, has won the 2021 Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education in recognition of the program: www.COVIDCareLearning.ca. In 2000, Longwoods Publishing created the Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education to recognize …COVID Care Learning platform receives award for innovation in healthcare education Read More »
- 21st century teaching toolsStanding in front of a suitcase-shaped simulator, a surgeon across the globe manipulates a set of gripper handles connected to instruments via long thin rods. Using images sent from a camera within the simulator to a nearby monitor to guide his movements, the physician delicately finishes tying a surgical knot, then snips the suture material. …
- Toronto doctor develops AI prototype to help reduce surgical complications
When Dr. Amin Madani isn’t removing burst appendixes or excising cancerous cells from his patients, he’s thinking about how to improve the performance of surgeons in the operating room. That’s because up to 25 per cent of the millions of people who undergo inpatient operations each year around the world experience negative complications either during …Toronto doctor develops AI prototype to help reduce surgical complications Read More »