Find out who the 10 teams were who received a grant to develop their prototypes
These ten teams received up to $200,000 to continue developing their surgical training module prototypes.
In addition to the grant, the Challenge, a collaboration among Challenge Works, MIT Solve, Appropredia Foundation, and the Intuitive Foundation partnered with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) to establish a prestigious mentoring programme to provide guidance and mentoring to teams participating in the Challenge.
Colostomy in Newborns
Designing a model for training surgeons with no formal training in pediatric surgery to perform a safe colostomy on a newborn.
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OpenSurgiSim
A surgical training module for orthopaedic surgeons to learn accurate correction of bone deformities.
CrashSavers Trauma
Designing a model for the prehospital setting to teach bleeding control techniques.
Tibial Fracture Fixation
Teaching medical officers and surgeons who are not orthopedic specialists on how to handle this common fracture.
AmoSmile
Designing a surgical training model to teach surgeons how to restore form, function and feeling through local flap surgery.
ETALO
Designing a surgical training model to develop skills to help drill bone and to place fixation pins to stabilize fractures.
SELF-Training
Designing a training module for general surgeons and trainees to learn to repair simple congenital heart defects, such as patent ductus arteriosus.
IntelliVision
Developing a training module for surgical residents and surgeons to learn to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
AMPATH Surgical App
Designing a surgical training module to train clinicians who are expected to perform open appendectomies.
ALL-SAFE
Designing a dual-approach model to teach surgeons to be competent and confident in performing all aspects of patient care in the laparoscopic treatment of ectopic pregnancy.
The Discovery Awards were initial grants to allow teams to develop and test their prototype surgical modules. Grantees will be expected to utilise their grant to develop an initial prototype and self-assessment framework. The Challenge’s Judging Panel selected the 10 teams to receive Discovery Awards.
