Last week, the B.E.S.T. (Business Engineering and Surgical Technologies) course at IHU Strasbourg once again asserted its originality. Launched in 2012, B.E.S.T aims to awaken vocations for innovators and entrepreneurs in Healthcare. This intensive one-week bootcamp brought together 24 participants of 9 nationalities from diverse backgrounds – doctors, surgeons, engineers and researchers – offering them an exceptional immersion in innovation and creativity.
Prof. Silvana Perretta, internationally renowned surgeon and Director of Education at IHU Strasbourg, is the driving force behind the B.E.S.T. program. Her exemplary career path, rare for a woman at this level of responsibility, makes her a source of inspiration for students and peers alike. Under her leadership, the B.E.S.T. course has become a veritable laboratory of innovative ideas, stimulating creativity and encouraging the emergence of medical solutions for tomorrow. The program offers participants intensive immersion in key areas of medical innovation, through engineering and entrepreneurship workshops, as well as hands-on surgical experience. Teaching is provided by international experts, including renowned entrepreneurs from the technical, medical and commercial sectors.
The 2024 edition took on a whole new dimension thanks to the participation of painter and visual artist Laure Krug, who led a unique collaborative artistic performance over four days. Together, students, surgeons and the artist combined their talents to create a work of art from materials recovered from the operating theatre.
Prof. Silvana Perretta commented: “Surgery, like art, is a field where precision, creativity and innovation are paramount. Working in collaboration with an artist like Laure Krug has enabled our students to rethink their practices from a new angle, while raising their awareness of crucial issues such as ecology and sustainability, and reinforcing the importance of knowledge transmission.”
📺 France 3 Alsace recently produced a report on this unique event. This report offers a glimpse of this extraordinary performance, illustrating the encounter between art and science at the IHU Strasbourg (10min27):
https://www.france.tv/france-3/grand-est/ici-19-20-alsace/6372341-emission-du-mardi-27-aout-2024.html
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- Find out more about the B.E.S.T. Summer School and the B.E.S.T.T. program. Healthcare Innovation: https://bestt.eve-evolving-education.eu/
- Laure Krug, painter and visual artist: https://www.facebook.com/laurekrug
