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Application In Medicine: Has Artificial Intelligence Stood The Test Of Time, Mir Ibrahim Sajid, Shaheer Ahmed, Usama Waqar, Javeria Tariq, Mohsin Chundrigar, Samira Shabbir Balouch, Sajid Abaidullah

Medical College Documents

Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven time and time again to be a game-changer innovation in every walk of life, including medicine. Introduced by Dr. Gunn in 1976 to accurately diagnose acute abdominal pain and list potential differentials, AI has since come a long way. In particular, AI has been aiding in radiological diagnoses with good sensitivity and specificity by using machine learning algorithms. With the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, AI has proven to be more than just a tool to facilitate healthcare workers in decision making and limiting physician-patient contact during the pandemic. It has guided governments and key policymakers …

Triggering And Protective Factors Of Burnout In Medical Resident Physicians In A Lower-Middle-Income Country: A Cross-Sectional Study, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Aqusa Zahid, Noreen Nasir, Munaim Tahir, Uzma Ghouri, Aysha Almas

Section of Internal Medicine

Background: Residents and interns are prone to emotional and physical exhaustion, also known as burnout. Burnout has not been studied much in physicians working in lower-middle income countries. We conducted this study to determine the burden of burnout among internal medicine residents and to identify triggering and protective factors associated with burnout.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at two institutes in Karachi from 2018 to 2019. All residents registered in the internal medicine program for at least 6 months were invited to participate via an online survey. An abbreviated version of the Maslach Burnout scale was used …

Inspire : Vol 4, Issue 5, Department Of Medicine

INSPIRE

Content

• Message from the Chair
• Medicine at National and International Forums
• Annual Appreciation Event
• Inter-professional Certificate Course in Liver disease
• Children’s Heart Foundation
• In-depth- featuring Clinical Associate Prof. Dr Rustam Khan
• Featured Faculty: Dr. Dureshahwar Kanwar “... look at the bigger picture, things are not always what they seem at first glance…”
• Publications