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SDG Awards 2024

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Enatom

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  • Company Type: Higher Education
  • Founded in 2022
  • Located at Netherlands
  • Employees: 11-50

SDG Awards 2024

Category - SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
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Access to Medical Education: Quality anatomical resources, reducing educational inequalities in healthcare.

➜ Access to Medical Education: Quality anatomical resources, reducing educational inequalities in healthcare.
➜ Knowledge Sharing: Fosters international collaboration and knowledge exchange.
➜ Supporting Underserved Regions: Aids in improving medical training in underserved areas, contributing to reduced inequalities.
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1. What is the local impact your organization has achieved regarding your selected SDG? (No Word Limit)

In the northern region of the Netherlands, Enatom enabled medical students at the University Medical Center of Groningen to study anatomy during covid times. Even when there was no option to physically go to the dissection room, the were still able to follow anatomy education online and at least get a photorealistic impression of human anatomy. Nowadays Enatom allows physiotherapy students at Hanze University to study anatomy whilst normally they are not able/allowed to visit a dissection room.

2. What is the global impact your organization has achieved regarding your selected SDG? (No Word Limit)

On an European level we have achieved that in 6 countries students that study a master of osteopathy are able to view our 3D models like in a real dissection room. Although these students on a daily basis use anatomical knowledge in their job, they are not able to visit a dissection room during their master. Dissection rooms are in general only available for medical students and specialists that are linked to an Academic hospital. A

3. What is the scalability of your innovation and how do you plan to achieve it? (No Word Limit)

As Enatom is a web-based SaaS solution, our 3D models can be viewed on every device as long as there is an internet connection. So, paramedical students and healthcare professionals can access the content anytime and anywhere on any device. (No downloads and updates needed...) By using point cloud technology we can stream our content very fast and in such a detailed way that you can see even more than normally with your own eyes. Our strategy is to first start in the countries close to us like DACH, UK and of course Benelux (market knowledge and costs efficiency) and then move to other parts of the world were dissection rooms are less common. It is our aim to reach out to every student in the world, especially in countries on the south of the equator.

4. What is your organization’s unique strategy for using technology to achieve your selected SDG? (150 Words Limit)

Unique is that we work closely with Academic universities to create the 3D models. Thanks to their body donation programs we are able to give users the most photorealistic and diverse content. Next to the 3D-models our strength is also the assessment tool that allows students to test their own knowledge. The combination with unique content and our scanning techniques, point cloud technique and knowledge on VR/AR make us a startup that really aims to increase educational equality.

5. What challenges did you encounter while working for your selected SDG, and how did you address them? (150 Words Limit)

Most important is finding our ideal customer profile. Their are many stakeholders within healthcare organizations and as our resources are limited this is a challenge. What we did is a lot of interviews with academic universities to find out how they are organized. Moreover we also talked to physiotherapist and peripheral hospitals to see if there could be a faster way to generate growth/revenu. The other challenge is to start in countries abroad. We did market research in the middle East and Nigeria. And although we connected with some valuable contacts we decided that we should first create traction in our home market and countries nearby. To get more user insights and make the product in such a way that we can easily scale to countries that require more preparation before accessing the market.

6. How did you engage local communities and stakeholders in your work, and what was their feedback? (150 Words Limit)

As we are a spinout of the Academic Hospital in Groningen we were able to talk to a lot of healthcare stakeholders. In 2023 we did a lot of market validation in different health care/educational institutions. Their main feedback was that they really value the asessment part which gives students the full freedom to train and test their knowledge anytime anywhere.

7. Which organizational skills and resources did you use to deliver goods/services without harming the environment or society? (150 Words Limit)

We are a digital company and we will never claim that we can replace the dissection room, however our developers, medical team and scan team created a solution that provide a more sustainable solution then the dissection room. A lot of biocides for instance are used at dissection rooms and sometimes it is also sufficient to access a digital specimen instead of visiting a dissection room. This saves time, costs and also is more sustainable. We often talk in our team about 'digital craftsmanship' as their are quite some steps involved in our process.

8. In your view what roles do businesses, governments, and civil society should play in achieving the SDGs, and how can they collaborate effectively? (150 Words Limit)

I think we all have a role in achieving the SDG's but when working towards a specific SDG, I think most important aspect is to start with common ground. So start with Why, then how and what. Sometimes it feels in my region that different stakeholders are not fully aligned and have their own personal agenda when working on SDG projects.

9. What advice do you have for individuals or organizations aiming to create positive change and support the SDGs? (150 Words Limit)

I think in this world there is no place for companies that are only focusing on the commercial side of the business or individuals that 'just want to get rich'. Eventually I strongly believe that the people/teams that really want to make an impact will be most successful in every aspect of running a business. But my advice is start small, validate your idea, work from day one with other stakeholders without losing the focus on the big goal on making a specific impact. We have to dream and make dreams come true but we do have to focus on the execution.

10. How would winning this SDG Award help you enhance your impact and expand your project? (150 Words Limit)

As we are a fairly young company we think it would be a great way for us to get more attention on our solution and how we want to change the world. For me it already enhances our impact as you are asking the questions that really challenge us on our impact strategy. We really hope that this could be a kickstart to expand to other countries and maybe already start a small pilot in a country where there are no dissection rooms at all.

11. What are your future objectives regarding your selected SDG? (150 Words Limit)

2025: at least 20 EU institutions with no dissection room have acces to Enatom - 2026 10 Middle Eastern institutions are using our application - 2027 20 Asian institutions are using our application 2028 20 African institutions are using our application - 2029 100 African institutions are using our application - 2030 20% of all medical students that has no access to a dissection room has access to real human anatomy
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