1. My stakeholder
An Indian graduate MBBS
doctor seeking to apply for his
post-graduate in a
specialization of his choice.
2. Insight
India has the largest number
of medical colleges in the
world, a total number of 326
3. But…
There is only 12000 PG seats
against 45,600 UG seats
The number of graduates = 40,000
To give a perspective…
There are19000 UG seats against
32,000 PG seats in the USA
4. Because of this an average undergraduate doctor needs
to wait between 1 – 3 years, to get through a highly
competitive all India entrance exam.
Each exam costs at least INR. 45000
And, he may not even get into a specialization of his
choice, because someone else who ranked better than
him gets the 1st preference.
5. How might we develop a better
selection system for a graduate
MBBS to get into a specialization of
choice while allowing him/her to
earn & practice?
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8. Like flight simulators, this concept
would have a space where the
stakeholder can practice!
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11. Feedback
The idea works!
Important for a doctor to be up to
date with his practical skills,
especially when your studying for
1-3 years. When you finally get that
PG seat your skills are pretty rusted!
+ WHAT WORKED
This idea is related to surgery but
there are also people in the
pathology division that needs a
lab, or a gynecologist who needs
to practice.
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED
How do we implement this?
Who will fund this?
Do we students need to pay for it?
? QUESTIONS
Add other fields
- Which are non-surgical
- AI simulator sessions of question
& answer scenarios, this is will
also us to practice speaking to
patients
! IDEAS
12. A Live hospital network, where one
can observe (via internet) live
operations across hospitals to learn
and…a virtual tryout of the
operation to learn better!
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13. 2
Prototype method – role playing
getting my stakeholder
to role-play the scenario
14. 2
Prototype method – getting my stakeholder to role-
play the scenario
The idea of having a device (like
an IPAD) which connects to the
LIVE hospital network, which could
be accessed from your computer.
This device creates a virtual operation
scenario & can have special sensory
devices which tracks your hand
(doctors) movement, perspiration, etc.
Like how the Samsung phone can
sense your movements.
15. 2
Prototype method – role playing with my stakeholder
Like the stylus creating different
operating tools which work accurately.
16. 2Prototype method – paper mock-ups of the website
Propped on a computer screen to explain the experience
The idea for the live network is called –
Docpract (doctor + practice). The
opening screen is simple like Google &
it allows you to prepare (study/
research), observe (operations,
interviews, etc.) & operate (practice
virtual operations)
Like airport boarding screens, once you
click operate you have details of the
hospitals (a), the type of surgery (b),
the doctor (c), and schedule (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17. 2
Prototype method – paper mock-ups of the website
Once you start to operate
you have 2 screens 1) of the
LIVE view of the operation 2)
The software asking you
questions as you go along
the surgery (e.g., which scan
would you do for this
operation)
The device also tracts the
vital statistics of the patient
(without revealing the
identity) + time the entire
operation
The doctor practices
the same operation
virtually.
18. Feedback
Can work because this is what we
do in medical college, especially
love the way we can practice
complex surgeries, which we only
can do under a doctor.
+ WHAT WORKED
Maybe we could also interact
verbally with the doctor.
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED
Some doctors won’t like this,
because they feel disturbed, so
how do we do this then?
? QUESTIONS
Will definitely use this device at
home.
Would like it if we could add
specialties before the operation
feeds come up.
! IDEAS
