Guidelines for Submissions
Requirements
- A structured abstract not to exceed 250 words should be submitted along with your movie submitted as a PDF or WORD document.
- A title screen is required which states the following:
- Title of the submission (not to exceed eight words)
- Surgeon’s name and title
- Practicing institution and country
- After the title screen/ slide, add a second slide declaring any conflict of interest
- Closing slide summarizing data and outcomes and number of cases conducted prior to submission
- Submissions which contain Surgeon or Institution names throughout will be disqualified
Preferences
- Preference given to:
- Complex surgical procedures
- Surgical innovations
- Use of new technology
- Case series with well-analyzed outcomes data
- High-quality animations and graphics to describe the content of submission
- Procedure to become standard of care with data showing improved patient outcomes highly recommended
Technical Requirements of the Submission
- Only High-Definition videos will qualify for submission: 1280 X 720 (720p) or 1920 X 1080 (1080p,1080i). Image quality should be suitable for large auditorium screening.
- Length of submission should be a minimum of five minutes and a maximum of eight minutes. Videos outside this duration will not qualify for submission.
- Only .mov or .mp4/.m4v formats will be accepted.
- Voice-overs should be narrated in English language only, clearly done with no music, using high-quality audio recording (no echoes, low volumes, etc.). Computer-generated narrations will not qualify for submission.
- Visuals and narration shall allow sufficient time for the viewer to recognize anatomy and understand the procedure clearly. Rushed content will not qualify for submission.
Submission Process
- The process of submission and assessment by our international jury will happen through the official website: ksawards.vattikutifoundation.com/2024 . There is no other official channel of submission from the Vattikuti Foundation.
- Files must contain the Surgeon’s name and procedure title: “Joe Brown’s RKT procedure.mp4,”. Please do not provide a generic name like “KS Award video.mp4”
Judging Procedure
- Multiple rounds of judging will include subject matter experts, surgeons and faculty both internally and externally of the Vattikuti Foundation.
- Submissions will be judged in terms of creativity, original procedures, educational content, and technical standards (editing, sound, and picture quality).
- A period for public screening and voting following the closure of entries on 15 July 2024. Instructions for voting will be posted onthe website and other social media platforms.
- Award-winning videos will be revealed at the Awards Ceremony to be held in Jaipur, India 15 February 2025.
- The final decision of award-winning videos lies with the independent international jury.