The disparity between evidence based, good quality care and actual practice is paramount in developing countries. After the completion of fellowship, I have committed 1-2 weeks every year to providing pro bono medical care for perioperative patients in other areas of the world. Specifically, I work with the United Kingdom-based charity, Silkroad Surgery for Children, to provide an educational curriculum and volunteer medical services at the 550-bedded Mandalay Children’s Hospital in Mandalay, Myanmar.
Checklists and similar structured reporting tools provide the anesthesiologist and surgeons a cognitive aid when it comes to communicating all of the operating details after surgery.
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Wirh increases patient complexity and advances in medicine, information has become quite a burden on the physician, who is tasked with reporting mini sensitive details with much room for error
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We explore the role of a transfer template (T2)that is printed and ready for the physicians to use when handing over their patients in the ICU.
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👉📞📧Contact me @aalapshahmd or aalap.c.shah@gmail.com to discuss how to improve best practices at your hospital or clinic
Aalap Shah, MD, is a board certified anesthesiologist, specializing in general adult and pediatric anesthesiology.
