AI Skills
Practical AI for surgeons — setup, tools, voice, memory, and workflow.
Posts in this pillar answer: how do I actually use AI in my own work?
Every other pillar on this site covers AI as a clinical subject — a tool deployed in theatres, clinics, and emergency departments that surgeons need to understand and evaluate. This one is different. AI Skills is about AI as a personal tool — how to set it up, how to make it useful, and how to avoid the most common mistakes that turn it from a genuine asset into something you abandon after two sessions.
These posts are based on direct experience using AI tools in a busy surgical practice. The tone is more personal than the clinical posts. There is no pressure to read them in order, but there is a logical sequence — the first few posts build the conceptual groundwork, and the later posts get more specific and practical. Start with the question that is most relevant to where you are right now.
Reading order: if you are new to using AI tools seriously, start with post 1 (tiers and pricing), then 2 (model comparison), then 5 (15-minute setup guide). The setup guide is the highest-value single post in this series.
For trainees
Get AI working properly as a productivity tool for clinical work, research, writing, and exam preparation. These posts cover the setup that most people skip — and it is the setup that makes the difference between AI that feels useful and AI that feels unreliable.
For consultants
Practical guidance for integrating AI into a busy consultant workflow — clinical admin, correspondence, literature review, and the operational side of surgical practice. Direct experience, not theoretical.
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