What’s Your Prognosis? Gamified Diagnosis with Medical Joyworks’ Dr. Nayana Somaratna (Ep. 59 Rebroadcast)

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Dr. Nayana Somaratna is CEO and Co-Founder of Medical Joyworks and creator of the Prognosis app series and the Clinical Sense app. As well as holding a medical degree, Dr. Somaratna also holds an IT degree and just this year completed a law degree. Today’s episode sees him discuss his background and inspiration for his company as well as how to apply the learning from his app series.

• 02:17 The Creation of Medical Joyworks
• 04:15 The Experience of Medical School in Sri Lanka
• 06:15 How and Why Prognosis was Conceived
• 09:15 Obtaining Clinical Insight via Prognosis
• 11:11 Basing Algorithms and Processes on Clinical Workflow
• 13:01 The Differences Between Prognosis and Clinical Sense
• 14:22 Which App to Use for Exam Preparation and Why
• 15:32 Who is the Audience: Students Practitioners
• 16:37 Available Research into Gamification for Medical Study
• 19:00 Expanding Online Curriculums and Telemedicine Post Covid-19
• 21:34 The Future of Joyworks
• 23:50 What Would You Change if You Could Go Back in Time?
• 26:54 Medicine is an Odyssey

ResourcesMedical Joyworks Clinical Sense Prognosis

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