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Lights, Camera, Action! Behind the Scenes in Sterile Processing with Incision Academy
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The road opens up. An SUV packed with cameras and film lights roars past, kicking up a cloud of red dirt into the blazing afternoon sun. An intrepid team of Incision educators and filmmakers are…
Incision Academy: Revolutionising Surgical Education and Training in the UK
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Undergraduate surgical education in the UK faces significant challenges in preparing perioperative students for the operating theatre, further exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Incision Academy courses now qualify for CME points
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To celebrate the continued collaboration between Incision and the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), we are offering ASGBI members free access to 13 endorsed courses…
AfPP launches Summer School with Incision
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The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) and Incision are pleased to announce their partnership to support the ongoing education and training of all AfPP members. In this educational…
Incision partners with ASGBI to enhance surgical learning
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Incision and The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) are delighted to announce a new collaboration to promote education and enhance surgical learning. Members of the AGBI…
AI for surgical education: a call to test our new Strava-for-Surgeons
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We’re making great progress in using AI for surgical education. This blog will give you an update on our video assessment work, and if you’re up for it we will invite you to test our new features!…
Anatomy and surgery; inseparably linked
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A doctor in training for a surgical discipline may only perform surgery on a patient once they have attained a sound understanding of a procedure followed by practical exercises in a skills center.…
4 Reasons Why Surgical Outcomes Vary
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The chance that you require surgery at some point in your life is quite high (on average, people receive surgery about 9 times). Intense moments in the lives of patients, and an activity that…
Improving surgeons’ performance with AI
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I recently read an article about the concept of coaching in surgery that was published by Atul Gawande in 2011. In this article, Gawande, who is surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,…
API for the OR, in 5 steps
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From a ‘Blackbox’ to ‘Best practice sharing’ The vast majority of surgeries is not standardised. For some procedures, guidelines or protocols are available. But mostly it’s up to the surgeon and its…