2020

On November 27 2020, the 9th Chinese (Shenzhen) Overseas Returnees Startup Congress hosted by the Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and the Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Federation was held in Shenzhen. The Chinese (Shenzhen) Overseas Returnees Startup Congress has brought inspiration to a vast majority of returnees by facilitating the commercialization of innovative entrepreneurial achievements. During […]

From November 8-10, Intelligent Haptronic Solutions (IHS) attended the 55th China Higher Education Expo, hosted by the China Higher Education Association and supported by the Hunan Provincial Education Department and Changsha Municipal People’s Government. The event, attended by over 1000 companies occupying more than 3000 exhibition booths, was held at the Changsha International Convention and

The shift towards competency-based education and what it means for assessing endoscopic skills Objective assessment of cognitive and technical skills in gastrointestinal endoscopy is widely considered by clinical educators to be the gold standard for measuring a trainee’s competency. Such tools can serve to assess skill acquisition, meaningfully support promotion and credentialing decisions, and ensure

MEDIA – Intelligent Haptronic Solutions (IHS) presented its virtual reality (VR) endoscopy training simulator at this year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), held virtually in Shanghai, China from July 9-11 2020. This year, the international conference brought together major industry leaders in the fields of Education, Health, Transportation, Finance, Industrial Infrastructure, Basic Technology, Urban Planning, and Business to

The novel COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique challenge for Gastroenterology residency programs globally, many of which are adjusting their endoscopy training curricula to adapt to the rapidly changing clinical landscape. Since endoscopic procedures pose a risk of generating aerosols and increasing transmission, special consideration will be required to ensure ongoing educational development for trainees, while

Recommendations from Global Endoscopy Associations SARS-CoV-2/Novel Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) is the novel coronavirus species responsible for the ongoing global pandemic that was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The virus is transmitted human-to-human—both asymptomatic and symptomatic—through respiratory secretions, aerosols, feces, and contaminated surfaces with viral particles detected in the aerosol state for up to

Building Technical Endoscopy Skills and Experience for Competency Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy An upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, also known as an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), is a common diagnostic procedure performed to assess the oropharynx, esophagus, stomach, and proximal duodenum for dysfunction and disease. The procedure involves introducing an endoscope into the mouth of the patient, advancing the

What is Simulation-based Training? Simulation-based training (SBT) in medical education is a technique by which clinical procedures are recreated with substantial aspects of the real experience (i.e. tactile feedback and visual elements) intact. Medical students, physicians, and healthcare professionals can learn and acquire procedural and cognitive skills by practicing tasks in a realistic simulated environment.

Intelligent Haptronic Solutions’ (IHS) Shenzhen team was invited to present at a seminar hosted by the Department of Gastroenterology at Shenzhen General Hospital, an expansive medical facility with teaching and research activities affiliated with Shenzhen University School of Medicine. The well-known hospital, funded by the Shenzhen municipal government, offers a breadth of gastroenterology services with