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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Rather, it’s a dental professional who can demonstrate the proper techniques at your next appointment. But AR also found a home in dentistry for both educational and clinical purposes. With a virtual reality camera, surgeons can stream operations globally and allow medical students to actually be there in the OR using their VR goggles.

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

It’s obvious what a potential removing language barriers holds for medical appointments. It will break language barriers These M-LLMs will easily facilitate communication between healthcare providers and patients who speak different languages, translating between various languages in real time.

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

They discussed the need to review blueprints in other specialties to ensure greater integration of older adult care and address ageist assumptions in assessment content, while also aligning with published competencies for medical students and residents.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. in the usual care group.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. Self-surveillance solutions, disease guides, educational apps as well as telehealth platforms appeared naturally in dermatology in the past decade.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

I would be surprised if it was as good as you guys, but I think that you can imagine a medical student or an intern doing this before they went into a room to talk to a patient and having it be pretty helpful. ” And one of the students raised his hand. Bob: Yeah, but you can imagine- Alex: I wish, but I worry I will not.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. Her innovative model is now taught in medical schools and hundreds of ideal community clinics have opened all across America even into Canada and New Zealand.

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