The Prototype Showcase

Our ten Discovery Award teams have been hard at work over the last few months developing prototypes for the surgical training modules.

On 18 August 2021, they will present their training modules in a one-hour online Prototype Showcase. The virtual event is open to the global surgery community with  demonstrations from these ten teams that are changing the paradigm of how surgical practitioners learn and assess life-saving skills.

You will see how these cutting edge, low cost training resources can support the development of psychomotor skills for surgery through simulation and self-assessment and how the use of Appropedia, an open source platform, is creating a shift in the way training is delivered.

Sign up for this free event here.

Self-Assessment as a Critical Feature in Surgical Training

One of the distinguishing features of the Global Surgical Training Challenge is the requirement that the training modules include a self-assessment for learners. As part of the ongoing support to the Discovery Award teams, we assembled a panel of international experts for a workshop to help the teams understand the principles of self-assessment. The teams then worked with these experts in small groups to answer questions about this critical feature of their prototypes.

Find out more about the workshop here.

Team Collaboration Across Time Zones

Most collaborative teams will face certain challenges. Our Discovery Award winners are unique in a variety of ways, but one of the most striking is that some of them have never met their team members in person. 

The global pandemic severely restricted international travel, but that hasn’t slowed the teams down. Overcoming time zones, language and cultural differences have been just a few of the challenges they have faced. 

Last month the teams gathered for a workshop on best practices for team collaboration, including how to cultivate productive conflict.