How one translation became a library

My brother was an intern in intensive care when he asked me to translate a guideline on heart failure. By then I had been living abroad for several years and had stepped away from clinical practice. His request felt familiar.

I spent many years working as a vascular surgeon and teaching at a medical university. In class, I wanted students to be able to trace a recommendation back to the studies behind it. I could read a new paper in English as soon as it came out. My students often struggled to find good teaching materials in the language they used in class.

Who I’m building One Guidelines for

When I finished the translation for my brother, I thought of other doctors and trainees in Ukraine, Poland and Belarus. I want them to be able to read a guideline in the language they use at work and check a passage against the original. Vascular surgery is the specialty closest to me.

The public library currently contains sample chapters. I plan to publish translations once I have permission from the rights holders.