Learn more about the mentoring programme we have established with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
In an effort to support the teams to develop their surgical training prototypes, Challenge partners Challenge Works, MIT Solve, Appropedia Foundation, and the Intuitive Foundation partnered with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) to establish a prestigious mentoring programme. This program aims to create a learning community, with structured mentorship available to the teams taking part in the Challenge and opportunities for peer learning.
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is providing mentorship managers for each selected team, building one-to-one relationships to understand the teams’ needs and strengths. These mentorship managers meet with teams regularly to uncover needs, discuss progress, build key relationships between teams and subject matter experts and adapt the mentorship programme to the evolving needs of the teams.
RCSI is coordinating a panel of subject matter experts to provide project-specific support as well as larger workshops on areas of general need. These experienced individuals have expertise in the following areas:
Management and Leadership
Education and Assessment
Simulation Technology
Scaling Simulation Innovations for Impact
MIT Solve led the development of a needs analysis of all teams in the initial few weeks of the mentorship programme. The goal of the assessment was to highlight the needs of the cohort and to inform development of events and tools needed by the team as a whole. It also encouraged peer-to-peer support on these issues through the next phase of the Challenge.
