Research Summaries Predicting Hospital Appointment Attendance using Artificial Intelligence (Research Paper Summary) Predicting scheduled hospital attendance with artificial intelligence - Amy Nelson et al., April 2019Original article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0103-3#MOESM1One-sentence summaryIn this paper, a research group from UCL trained an AdaBoost
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Machine Learning Predicting Hospital No-Shows using Neural Networks [coding exercise] Approximately 20% of medical appointments that are booked are not attended in the UK. This costs an estimated £1 billion annually. If we were able to predict who might not show up, we
Machine Learning Classifying breast cancer with machine learning [Introductory coding exercise] This exercise takes you through the process of training a neural network to classify pathology slides from lymph node samples as malignant vs benign, based on the features of the images.The exercise
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Machine Learning Why machine learning? Why medicine? Why the hype? What is machine learning and artificial intelligence?Machine learning (or ‘ML’) is a key area of artificial intelligence (AI). AI can be defined broadly as when a computer performs a task usually requiring
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Medicine The benefits of reflection and role models in learning medicine An interview with Dr Paquita De ZuluetaDr Paquita De Zulueta is a GP from London who has volunteered for Doctors of the World, lectured at Imperial College London and completed a Masters in
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Medicine Is Medicine Right For Me? Elements of medicine are fantastic but others can be upsetting or frustrating. At any point during your medical career, you may ask whether medicine is really the right career for you. You would
Medicine Model Answer Examples for Medical Exam Vivas To prepare for medical final OSCEs, I prepared answers based on the most likely examination findings and the most common questions asked. For each, I thought of a logical structure for an answer
Medicine Tips for using the Pomodoro Method effectively For an explanation of the Pomodoro Method, watch this video. Here are some points that I found maximised the benefit I got from it:Having a fixed timer which does it for you
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Medicine If Medicine Gets You Down I left the ward without telling anyone and headed back to my room. I slumped down on my bed, put on some music and stared at the ceiling.It was the fifth week
Medicine Conclusion Medical school can be tough but it can also provide some of the best times of our lives. Our approach to medical school can determine the projection that the rest of our medical
Medicine Commanding Clearer Communication (Part 2) See Chapter 6 Part 1 here.Learning to write wellSome people find writing comes more naturally than others. However, writing ability is something that can be learnt. Doing so also increases clarity of
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Medicine A Scientific Approach to Research (Part 2) - The Supervisor See Part 1 here.The supervisorAs a student, you will need a supervisor on board for the project. They will be able to provide you feedback throughout the project, know-how about the publication
Medicine A Scientific Approach to Research (Part 1) - The Idea I turned off my computer, flicked the light switch and climbed into bed. I was bored and exhausted.I’d used up all my motivational reserves over the last three hours, trudging through
Medicine Increasing Your Impact (and the power of Self-Education) (Part 2) See Part 1 here.Self-Education: the 21st Century Super-PowerSelf-education enables us to develop the understanding required for insight into our enjoyment of a particular area. Recent technological advances, such as the internet and
Medicine Increasing Your Impact (and the power of Self-Education) (Part 1) “… And that’s why my friend quit medicine and became a banker.”It wasn’t the conclusion I expected from a talk entitled ‘How doctors can do more good’, but I was intrigued.
Medicine Mastering Clinical Medicine (Part 2) See Part 1 here.Deconstructing clinical skillsAny complex skill or activity can be broken down into parts. With more practice and experience, you become less conscious of the smaller parts and start to
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Medicine The Fundamentals of Fast Learning (Part 2) For Part 1, click here.Create conditions for deep workSome argue that the ability to maintain deep focus is one of the most valuable skills in the modern day. Yet in an age