Table 1.

CAMTech healthcare hackathon model

Component	Timeline
Prehackathon
1. Advertise hackathon and solicit mentors with domain expertise Event website, social media, flyers, emails and word of mouth	1–3 months in advance
2. Curate both applicants and mentors Patients (when possible) and clinicians Engineers and designers Business personnel	1 month in advance
3. Some problems (ie, pain points) posted on an event website Clinical/public health challenges solicited from experts and partner organisations	1 month in advance
4. Clinical site visits Participants tour partner healthcare facilities and hold discussions with providers	1–2 days in advance
5. Clinical summits Clinical, public health and policy experts discuss challenges	1 day in advance
6. Social mixer Participants socialise to initiate cross-disciplinary relationships	Evening before a hackathon
Hackathon	48 hours
Day 1 Introductory speeches highlighting challenges and incentive prizes; introduction to ‘hacking’ One-minute problem verbalisations (pitching pain points) Team formation and registration Hacking and mentoring	AM PM
Day 2 Hacking and mentoring Practise concept pitches Three-minute team concept pitches ‘After the hack’ opportunities and suggestions Hackathon awards	AM PM
Posthackathon
1. Innovation mentorship Tailored individual project mentorship Co-creation laboratory space for prototyping and project maturation Connection with targeted organisations/individuals having stage-specific skills needed by teams Networking, mentorship and dissemination of opportunities and information through resources such as the online CAMTech Innovation Platform	Anytime
Monetary awards to the most promising innovations Grant writing mentorship and workshops Dissemination/notification of additional funding sources	30–90 days posthackathon and beyond
3. Entrepreneurial expertise Facilitation of teams through existing Business Accelerators* Entrepreneurial group learning through 2-day Entrepreneur Bootcamps (these consist of in-person, intensive workshops with guest experts designed to enhance participant entrepreneurial skill in the medical technology space) Facilitation and funding through the CAMTech Business Accelerator Program	Variable

*Business Accelerator: a business programme that includes mentorship, educational components and networking that aims to grow a business rapidly. The CAMTech Accelerator Program includes the resources available on the CAMTech Innovation Platform in addition to more in-depth team coaching at frequent intervals.

CAMTech, Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies.