2024 INNOVATION COMPETITION FINALISTS

The CGS and the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning are pleased to announce the active involvement and the submission of multiple proposals to the 2024 CGS Innovation Competition, the very first one for the CGS!

Officially launched on January 6, 2024, the competition accepted project submissions until March 13, 2024 – in English and French. Stemming from a panel of judges’ evaluation, the CGS was thrilled to announce the five finalist-teams:

1.           THE SURGICAL SCHOLARS

2.           BOTTLE CRIC

3.           NEXT GENERATION CHEST DECOMPRESSION

4.           UBC GLOBAL SURGERY

5.           THE SUPER TEAM

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINALIST TEAMS ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT!

They presented their projects at the XII CGS Global Surgery Conference on April 13, where the Winning Team “THE SUPER TEAM” was selected by a committee:

The Winning Team will get a 3,000 USD grant so one team-representative travels to an in-person TDTR in 2024; the winning-team will also benefit from the following support provided free of charge by the Clinical Innovation Platform (CLIP):

- Introductory access to a diagnostic consultation with a translational research expert (2 hours)

- Introductory customized support by engineering design specialists and for simulation facilities access (1 hour)

- Introductory support for business development strategy (1 hour)

- Introductory project planning guidance (2 hours)

We thank all our partners for supporting the CGS Competition by disseminating it actively, and inviting all audiences to participate.