{"id":10339,"date":"2026-01-14T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/emergency-medicine\/?p=10339"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:12:08","slug":"dr-thomas-hartka-shares-about-his-scottish-sabbatical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/emergency-medicine\/2026\/01\/14\/dr-thomas-hartka-shares-about-his-scottish-sabbatical\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Thomas Hartka Shares About His Scottish Sabbatical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id=\"gslideshow\" class=\"gss-container no-captions\">\n\t<div class=\"cycle-slideshow\" \n\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> a\"\n\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"true\"\n\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"#gslideshow_prev\"\n\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"#gslideshow_next\"\n\t\tdata-cycle-pager=\"#gslideshow_pager\"\n\t\tdata-cycle-pager-template=\"<a href=#>&nbsp;<\/a>\"\n\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"750\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"no-link\" data-cycle-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/emergency-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/01\/20250919_161117-600x338.jpg\" title=\"20250919_161117\" alt=\"20250919_161117\" \/><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"no-link\" data-cycle-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/emergency-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/01\/20250911_121603-600x338.jpg\" title=\"20250911_121603\" alt=\"20250911_121603\" \/><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"no-link\" data-cycle-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/emergency-medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/01\/20250906_155455-600x338.jpg\" title=\"20250906_155455\" alt=\"20250906_155455\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"gss-info\">\n\t\t<div class=\"gss-nav\"><div id=\"gslideshow_prev\" class=\"gss-prev\">&lt;<\/div><div id=\"gslideshow_play\" class=\"gss-play\">&#9658;<\/div><div id=\"gslideshow_next\" class=\"gss-next\">&gt;<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"gslideshow_pager\" class=\"gss-pager\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><em>AI, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Golf: A Sabbatical in Scotland<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Tom Hartka spent a recent sabbatical in Scotland as a visiting scholar with the Department of Population and Behavioral Health at the University of St. Andrews. During his time there, he explored how AI can be used to enhance population-level health research, including work examining potential links between dementia and motor vehicle collisions (not accidents). He also had the opportunity to shadow clinicians in Scottish emergency departments. In addition, he observed classes in the University\u2019s Master\u2019s in Healthcare Data program, which is helping in the design of his own AI in Healthcare elective for medical students.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, Dr. Hartka made the most of his time in Scotland by traveling through the Highlands, sampling Scottish whisky, swimming in Loch Ness, and visiting castles. And while he is not a golfer, he still found a way onto the Old Course with a round of miniature golf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Golf: A Sabbatical in Scotland Dr. Tom Hartka spent a recent sabbatical in Scotland as a visiting scholar with the Department of Population and Behavioral Health at the University of St. Andrews. 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