- OpenAnesthesia
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OpenAnesthesia, a website sponsored by the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), is an online multimodal toolkit specifically designed to advance graduate medical education (GME) in anesthesia. Dr. Edward Nemergut [1], Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, and Dr. Robert Thiele at the University of Virginia[2] developed OpenAnesthesia with the intention to promote evidence-based medicine in anesthesiology, critical care and pain management.
Open Anesthesia’s wiki format facilitates worldwide interaction and collaboration among residents, faculty, scientists and regulators, featuring current articles from Anesthesia & Analgesia. The website allows anesthesia residents to take an active role in their own education by writing new content and actively sharing their knowledge with other physicians.
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Future Plans and Divergence From The Open Source Model
In its July 2009 edition, Anesthesiology News divulged that the creators of OpenAnesthesia plan to eventually limit access to OpenAnesthesia to paying members of the International Anesthesia Research Society, "a caveat that, while not exactly true {OK, not at all true} to the spirit of the open-source movement, meets the {S}ociety's need to provide value to its membership."[3]
About IARS
The IARS is a nonprofit international medical society founded in 1922 with the mission "to foster progress and research in all phases of anesthesia." The Society has a worldwide membership of 15,000 physicians and other anesthesia-related health professionals. The IARS is completely nonpolitical, focused only on the advancement and support of education and scientific research related to anesthesiology.[4]
About Anesthesia & Analgesia
Anesthesia & Analgesia is published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, a division of Wolters Kluwer.
External links
- IARS Home
- Anesthesia & Analgesia Home
- OpenAnesthesia Home
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Home
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Home
- Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Home
- International Society for Anaesthetic Pharmacology Home
- Society for Technology in Anesthesia Home
- Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Home
- American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Home
- Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Home
Notes
References
^University of Virginia Health System
^"New Web Site Fosters Wikisthesiology" - retrieved July 27, 2009 from www.anesthesiologynews.com
^IARS About Us – retrieved July 17, 2009
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