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dc.contributor.author | Ahmed, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zargaran, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zargaran, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Davies, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ponniah, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Butler, P | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mosahebi, A | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-16T19:51:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-16T19:51:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2024-04-02 | - |
dc.identifier | ORCiD: Julie Davies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6875-3100 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ahmed, Z. et al. (2024) 'Fostering innovation and sustainable thinking in surgery: an evaluation of a surgical hackathon', The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 106 (6), pp. 504 - 508. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2024.0010. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8843 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29754 | - |
dc.description | Data availability statement: Data are available upon reasonable request. | en_US |
dc.description | Supplementary Material is available online at: https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/suppl/10.1308/rcsann.2024.0010/suppl_file/rcsann.2024.0010-s1.pdf . | - |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Surgery represents a major source of carbon emissions, with numerous initiatives promoting more sustainable practices. Healthcare innovation and the development of a digitally capable workforce are fundamental in leveraging technologies to tackle challenges, including sustainability in surgery. Methods: A surgical hackathon was organised with three major themes: (1) how to make surgery greener, (2) the future of plastic surgery in 10 years, and (3) improving healthcare outcomes using machine learning. Lectures were given on sustainability and innovation using the problem, innovation, market size, strategy and team (PIMST) framework to support their presentations, as well as technological support to translate ideas into simulations or minimum viable products. Pre- and post-event questionnaires were circulated to participants. Results: Most attendees were medical students (65%), although doctors and engineers were also present. There was a significant increase in delegates' confidence in approaching innovation in surgery (+20%, p < 0.001). Reducing waste packaging (70%), promoting recyclable material usage (56%) and the social media dimension of public perceptions towards plastic surgery (40%) were reported as the most important issues arising from the hackathon. The top three prizes went to initiatives promoting an artificial intelligence-enhanced operative pathway, instrument sterilisation and an educational platform to teach students research and innovation skills. Conclusions: Surgical hackathons can result in significant improvements in confidence in approaching innovation, as well as raising awareness of important healthcare challenges. Future innovation events may build on this to continue to empower the future workforce to leverage technologies to tackle healthcare challenges such as sustainability. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The hackathon was kindly sponsored by PLASTA, Amazon Web Services, Anatomyspots.com and PolyNovo. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 504 - 508 | - |
dc.format.medium | Print-English | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Royal College of Surgeons of England | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2024, The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed. | - |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.subject | artificial intelligence | en_US |
dc.subject | hackathon | en_US |
dc.subject | Innovation | en_US |
dc.subject | machine learning | en_US |
dc.subject | plastic surgery | en_US |
dc.subject | sustainable surgery | en_US |
dc.title | Fostering innovation and sustainable thinking in surgery: an evaluation of a surgical hackathon | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.date.dateAccepted | 2023-07-30 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2024.0010 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England | - |
pubs.issue | 6 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.volume | 106 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1478-7083 | - |
dc.rights.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en | - |
dc.rights.holder | The Authors | - |
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