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Spotlight: How an innovative, low-cost training tool is delivering better surgical care for women around the world
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Pathways Magazine
ReadSpotlight: Hamilton Health Sciences doctor helps to invent surgical simulator for childbirth emergencies
Hamilton Health Sciences doctor helps to invent surgical simulator for childbirth emergencies
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HHS DRIVE 2025
STITCH is one of Hamilton Health Sciences's DRIVE 2025 SPARK Funding Competition winners (Hamilton, CA)!
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STITCH Hands-On Workshop at FIGO 2025
STITCH was used for hands-on practice at the "Best Practices in Advanced Obstetrical Procedures for C-section + Postpartum Hemorrhage" pre-congress workshop at FIGO 2025 (Cape Town, ZA)!
Event Page2025 FemTech Breakfast Club
Tara is represented STITCH at the 2025 FemTech Breakfast Club (Vancouver, CA)!
Event PageSTITCH As Finalist in New Ventures Pitch
Dr. Chin and STITCH secured one of the top 5 spots in the Innovation Factory New Ventures Pitch competition (Hamilton, CA)!
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2025 Partners in Health Case Competition
Dr. Chin represented STITCH at the 2025 PIH Case Competition this year (Hamilton, CA)!
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SRPC 2025 Rural Surgical Skills Conference Workshop
STITCH at the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada's Rural Surgical Skills Conference 2025 (Banff, CA)!
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STITCH at bioTEC 2025
Check out the Women in Biotech panel @ University of Waterloo bioTEC 2025 with Dr. Chin and STITCH!
Event PageInterview with Dr. Chin (RSOG ASC)
STITCH at the Rwanda Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 10th Annual Scientific Conference in Kigali, Rwanda!
See Dr. Chin's interview on
postpartum hemorrhage above (Rwanda Broadcasting Agency).
Spotlight: Engineers in Scrubs Create a Surgical Trainer for InTerventions to Control Postpartum Hemorrhage
University of British Columbia School of Biomedical Engineering
ReadPublications with STITCH
Wu, Y., Levandier, V., Naqvi, R., Chan, Y.H., Kemper, T., Stewart, N., Murphy, J., Haggstrom, M., Chin, E. 2025. Implementation and efficacy of the STITCH simulator and training curriculum on PPH surgeries for rural Canadian providers. In Special Issue: Abstracts of the XXV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 171(Suppl. 2): pp. 121–653. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.70503.
Stewart, N., Wu, Y., Levandier, V., Kemper, T., Chan, Y.H., and Chin, E. 2025. STITCH – Development of an accessible, intermediate-fidelity simulator for advanced surgical management of postpartum hemorrhage. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 68 (6, Suppl. 1): S18. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.014725.