An Anesthesiologist saves a limb – thanks to search skills!

An Anesthesiologist saves a limb – thanks to search skills!

We recently got this story from – an anesthesiologist Dr Jitendra Bapat, who had not only attended our workshop but also organized one of ours at a preconference event last year. He is a major supporter of our workshops! He shared a case, where he truly felt the impact of our teaching. We are delighted to share this with our donors and supporters. Hello from Dr Bapat. I must share this story with you. While I was on an emergency duty, a patient’s arm turned blue after surgery. All his test readings appeared normal. A Doppler showed a venous clot,…
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Rules, flexibility and empowerment

Rules, flexibility and empowerment

Rules are good for every organization. They ensure that most activities are done within a framework. They serve as a guide to all. However, in several smaller organizations, one should see how rules can be flexed (within a right framework and context) and how empowerment and training is important for this. When this is not done, a mid-level / junior employee is the one that usually faces the wrath of customers / visitors / clients. And importantly the clients then talk ill of the organization as a whole. In a way they are right. The employee concerned is doing what…
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AnswerThis.org — A Smart Add-On to Systematic Searching!

Finding and organizing the right research papers can often take hours — sometimes days. What if you had an assistant that could do part of this for you: finding relevant studies, summarizing them, and even giving you proper citations? That’s what AnswerThis.org (also accessible via answerthis.io) does. It’s an AI-powered research assistant that helps you ask a question or describe a topic — and then gives you a detailed, referenced summary built from scholarly papers. Using AnswerThis, you can: Get literature summaries with citations Identify research gaps — areas that need more study Save or upload papers in your own…
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