Scientific research has been the primary guide regarding my career choice. Curiosity that extends past our textbooks and other didactic material will reveal invaluable information about how the specialty operates, how clinical research is practiced and the common pitfalls encountered, and how exerts in the field communicate with each other about their innovative findings. Through my research experiences during medical school, I was exposed to the reality of perioperative clinical encounters and realized that I would be the strongest patient advocate through a career in anesthesiology.
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.
