A new dimension to medical education with METATIP!
METATIP Health Technologies Joint Stock Company, whose foundations were laid at Üsküdar University Young Minds Academy Entrepreneurship Workshops, developed with the support of the BrainPark Incubation Center and managed to receive support from important institutions such as TÜBİTAK and KOSGEB. METATIP Health Technologies Joint Stock Company, which produces revolutionary solutions in health education by bringing medicine and engineering together, has become one of the successful initiatives that has grown with academic support. In this context, entrepreneurs offer innovative digital solutions to the shortage of cadavers, which is one of the biggest challenges faced in health education.
The Young Minds Academy Entrepreneurship Workshops held at Üsküdar University were a turning point for METATIP's co-founders, Dr. Mustafa Şanverdi and Emre Kaan Şanverdi.
Young people, who had the opportunity to gain basic competencies in the field of entrepreneurship, turned their ideas into projects and accelerated their studies at the BrainPark Incubation Center.
Thanks to the academic mentorship of the university and the R&D opportunities it provides, METATIP focused on developing innovative technologies for digital transformation in health education.
A new dimension to medical education!
METATIP brings a new dimension to medical education with 3D digital cadavers and virtual reality (VR) supported surgical simulations created from real patient data. The initiative, which aims to overcome the difficulties experienced by medical faculties in Türkiye in the procurement of cadavers, makes anatomy and surgical practice more accessible with the VR and 3D printing technologies it has developed.
It is aimed to disseminate digital transformation in education
While METATIP strengthened its R&D processes with the support of TÜBİTAK, it accelerated the growth and commercialization process thanks to KOSGEB's Business Development Support.
With the initiative, it is aimed to expand digital transformation in education by increasing cooperation with health faculties in Türkiye and to open up to international markets.
METATIP, which has grown thanks to the scientific infrastructure, entrepreneurship vision and academic mentoring support offered by Üsküdar University, both sets an example for university-industry collaborations and reveals how young entrepreneurs can combine academic knowledge with sectoral success.
They have the opportunity to consolidate their knowledge in the digital environment
Many medical students who do not have the opportunity to practice may have insufficient experience when faced with real patient cases. Thanks to the technology offered by METATIP, students graduate as more conscious and competent health professionals by reinforcing their surgical and anatomical knowledge in the digital environment. This has a direct positive impact on public health.
It contributes to Türkiye's strengthening of its educational infrastructure with its own resources
Most of the materials used in medical education are procured from abroad and their costs are quite high. Thanks to the VR-supported simulations and 3D printing solutions it produces with domestic technology, METATIP contributes to Türkiye's strengthening of its education infrastructure with its own resources by reducing foreign dependency in health technologies.
Paving the way for entrepreneurship in the field of health technologies
The fact that university students develop science and technology-based initiatives is also a source of inspiration for other young entrepreneurs. METATIP paves the way for entrepreneurship in the field of health technologies in Türkiye by offering new generation innovative solutions with the combination of medical and engineering disciplines.
It is also aimed to increase public health awareness
Simulation and digital solutions developed for medical education can contribute to raising public awareness about health in the future. For example, making VR-based trainings accessible to the public on surgical procedures, basic anatomy knowledge or first aid can make great contributions to public health in the long run.
METATIP adds value to society in many areas from providing equal opportunities in education to training qualified manpower for the health sector, from domestic technology production to supporting innovative entrepreneurship.
Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)