Here is OpenSourceResearch Collaboration’s quarterly newsletter.
In this newsletter you can read about our projects and events.
We hope you enjoy it!
Kindly,
Communication team
AI Workshop in Argentina, Nigeria and Iraq
OSRC is planning different workshops in Argentina, Nigeria and Iraq in the coming few months.
These workshops will focus on artificial intelligence principals and its implementations in surgery. The workshops will be a dynamic educational activity with open discussions and group work. At the end of the workshops, it is expected that the participants will learn skills about artificial intelligence and those who are interested, can carry on with opensourceresearch collaboration projects.
For registration and more information about the workshops, please visit our website.
If you a member of OSRC and interested in teaching and/or organising educational activities, please contact us to arrange for your travel and accommodation in the coming educational activities.
OSRC Fellowship program
University of Oslo agreed to provide accommodation and logistic support to fellows while OSRC will provide supervision during the fellowship time.
The fellowship program is planned for members of OSRC from developing countries. The fellowship program is based on a visit to Norway for a period of 3 to 6 months. During this period the fellow will work on OSRC’s project, help in administration of OSRC’s activities and network with the host university.
We would like to give priority to members who have been active in supporting OSRC’s activities locally and internationally.
We shall announce these fellowship programs on our website and on our social media platforms when the agreements are signed with the above-mentioned universities.
Stay tuned.
Special session in the ESCP annual conference 2023 Vilnius-Lithuania
The ESCP (European Society of Colo-Proctology) will have a special research session about implementation of information technologies in surgical research.
OSRC researchers will participate in this session and some of OSRC research will be presented.
We are looking forward to this session that will be the first of its kind in surgical society conferences.
More about ESCP annual conference 2023 in this link
Update about OSRC research projects
Our project about visualisation of blood vessels in preoperative CT scans of abdomen to predict the anastomotic leak, started recruiting in two sites in Denmark. We have also a team in Turkey progressing in a good pace.
In collaboration with researchers from Copenhagen and Aalborg university we started a new project about video tracking in laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
Natural language processing project to read healthcare records is in designing phase now. We have collaborators from a couple of Norwegian universities. We need a fully dedicated investigator to the project. This project might be associated with the fellowship program.
We are planning our first face-to-face annual meeting in the autumn 2023.
Anyone who would like to join the organising committee please contact us.
In this meeting we will announce OSRC awards for the best innovation and the best paper investigating innovation in surgery.
See you in Aalborg- Denmark
How OSRC will manage its activities?
We would like to build local teams in the countries where we have more than 20 members. These local teams will arrange OSRC activities, connect OSRC members in the country and be part of OSRC projects running in these countries.
We need team leaders.
If you feel you like the idea to be a team leader in your country and get skills in leadership, communication, organisation and administration please contact us.
We are growing
We reached 1045 members today.
Congratulations to all of you.
Although two thirds of all members are free membership because they come from developing countries, we are still pleased about the increase in membership which reflects enthusiasm about innovation in medical research.
Please encourage your colleagues to join us.
All are invited.
All welcome in OSRC.
New OSRC website is alive
A professional web design office has developed OSRC's website and increased OSRC ranking on search engines' lists.
Do you have suggestions? we would be happy to hear your thoughts.
