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The Surgical Innovation Master Class workshop is for surgeons and surgical residents interested in learning more about innovation principles and applying innovation skills at their home institution. This workshop will provide a comprehensive approach to fostering innovation in healthcare, focusing on empowering participants to lead innovation efforts, utilize institutional resources, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive meaningful change. This session introduces key innovation methodologies and equips participants with practical tools that can be immediately applied in their institutions.

The workshop covers Design Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, and the Lean Startup Methodology, offering participants insight into how these frameworks can enhance problem-solving and drive clinical improvements. To strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration, participants will also be introduced to the Innovation Genome and the Competing Values Framework, equipping them with the tools to tackle complex surgical challenges through innovative thinking and team-based approaches. Additionally, the workshop will feature the novel Surgical Trainee Agile Innovation empoweRment (STAIR) framework, a hands-on approach to addressing early-stage innovation and quality improvement in the surgical environment.

We will begin with an introduction to core innovation principles, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, agility, and continuous feedback in driving improvements in patient care. Participants will then engage in a hands-on session to learn Design Thinking, using empathy mapping and journey mapping to better understand the needs of patients and healthcare teams while clearly defining clinical problems.

Next, the Creative Problem-Solving (CPS) session will introduce techniques like divergent thinking, mind mapping, and the SCAMPER method, tailored specifically to the healthcare environment. Surgeons and residents will explore how CPS can help them rethink surgical procedures, improve patient safety protocols, and streamline interdisciplinary communication. During this session, participants will also be introduced to the Innovation Genome and Competing Values Framework, which distill the DNA of breakthrough innovations, enabling participants to recognize key patterns for clinical solutions while leveraging the diverse skills of multidisciplinary teams.

In the second half of the workshop, participants will delve into the Lean Startup Methodology, learning how to apply rapid experimentation through the development of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) in surgical practices. This session encourages teams to build, measure, and refine innovations quickly, ensuring their ideas can be applied effectively in real-world clinical settings. The STAIR framework will also be showcased through case studies that demonstrate how surgical trainees have used it to innovate clinical solutions during residency.

The workshop concludes with action planning, where participants will create personalized strategies to apply these methods within their surgical practices and home institutions, with the end goal to enhance patient outcomes, foster collaboration, and enhance a culture of innovation within academic surgery.

90-minute workshop

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Participants will learn various resources and how to engage with the innovation ecosystem at their home institutions.

Participants will understand Innovation Methodologies and how they can be applied to clinical problems and solutions.

Participants will learn Innovation Genome and Competing Values Framework and how it can be adapted when formulating multidisciplinary teams.

Participants will identify clinical problems and apply challenge statements, stakeholder maps, and customer discovery techniques to further their identified solutions.