{
  "_help": "The four departments, in the order they are numbered on the site. Each has: 'slug' (its folder name under /departments/, do not change), 'number' (\"01\" to \"04\"), 'kicker' (a short phrase shown above the name, for example \"Hands-on skills and simulation\"), 'name', 'short' (the short form of the name), 'summary' (one or two plain sentences for lists and cards), 'remit' (full sentences that describe what the department does), 'heads' (the leadership line shown on the department page and on /departments/: name the heads here, and add them as people in people.json, group Department Heads, with the department's slug), 'image' and 'imageAlt' (the slide picture on the home page; replace with a real photo later). Public Relations also has 'delivers' and 'channels'. 'channels' is a list of {\"label\": \"Instagram\", \"url\": \"https://...\"}: leave it [] until the accounts exist.",
  "board": {
    "kicker": "Leads RSIG",
    "number": "00",
    "short": "BoD",
    "name": "Board of Directors",
    "url": "/departments/board-of-directors/",
    "linkLabel": "Meet the Board",
    "role": "Sits at the console: sets the direction, and the one calendar the four departments work from.",
    "summary": "Sets the vision, turns the departments' ideas into real programmes and events, and holds every activity to policy, safety and ethical standards.",
    "lede": "The Board of Directors leads everything RSIG does. It sets the group's vision and direction, comes up with new ideas and turns the ideas of the four departments into real workshops, talks and events.",
    "about": "It also sets the annual calendar, leads the work with the faculty and with RSIG's partners, and oversees budgets and sponsorships.",
    "duties": [
      {
        "title": "Vision and direction",
        "text": "The Board sets RSIG's vision and direction, and comes up with the ideas that shape what the group does next."
      },
      {
        "title": "Ideas into reality",
        "text": "It turns the departments' ideas into real programmes and events, and sets the annual calendar that all four departments work from."
      },
      {
        "title": "Faculty, partners and budgets",
        "text": "It leads the faculty liaison and the external partnerships, and oversees budgets, sponsorships and how resources are shared out."
      },
      {
        "title": "Policy, safety and ethics",
        "text": "It holds every RSIG activity to policy, safety and ethical standards."
      }
    ],
    "teamsLede": "The Board sets the direction. Four departments carry out the work, each with its own role and its own page.",
    "callouts": [
      {
        "label": "Surgeon console",
        "x": 23,
        "y": 29
      },
      {
        "label": "Patient cart",
        "x": 51,
        "y": 33
      },
      {
        "label": "Vision cart",
        "x": 81,
        "y": 37
      }
    ]
  },
  "departments": [
    {
      "slug": "training-development",
      "number": "01",
      "kicker": "Hands-on skills and simulation",
      "name": "Training and Development",
      "short": "T&D",
      "url": "/departments/training-development/",
      "summary": "Runs the hands-on curriculum as ARM, Advanced Robotic and Minimally Invasive Training: five workshops, from console familiarisation and da Vinci suturing to laparoscopic courses, advanced specialty workshops and animal lab simulation.",
      "overviewLine": "Runs the hands-on curriculum as ARM, Advanced Robotic and Minimally Invasive Training.",
      "remit": [
        "The department will deliver the core training curriculum as the ARM workshops (Advanced Robotic and Minimally Invasive Training): console familiarisation, da Vinci suturing and simulation training, and laparoscopic courses.",
        "It will organise the advanced specialty ARM workshops, for example robotic HPB, thoracic, urologic and colorectal surgery, in coordination with the supervising faculty, and the ARM animal lab simulation.",
        "It will coordinate simulation access with partner centres and equipment providers.",
        "It will set the safety and proctoring standards for all hands-on sessions.",
        "It will keep attendance, skill benchmarks and progression records for every member."
      ],
      "heads": "Two heads. Recruiting now.",
      "image": "/assets/departments/training-development.jpg",
      "imageAlt": "Two robotic instrument tips passing a stitch through a silicone skin training pad under a warm light.",
      "callouts": [
        {
          "label": "Master controllers",
          "x": 27,
          "y": 35
        },
        {
          "label": "Instrument wrist",
          "x": 43,
          "y": 74
        },
        {
          "label": "Training pad",
          "x": 31,
          "y": 86
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "research-innovation",
      "number": "02",
      "kicker": "Supervised research and publication",
      "name": "Research and Innovation",
      "short": "R&I",
      "url": "/departments/research-innovation/",
      "summary": "Runs RSIG's supervised research. The main research question compares robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery, mostly through retrospective cohort studies and meta-analyses, with students supervised by faculty.",
      "overviewLine": "Runs RSIG's supervised research.",
      "remit": [
        "RSIG's main research question compares robotic, laparoscopic and open surgery. Most of this work is done through retrospective cohort studies and meta-analyses, with students supervised by faculty.",
        "The department builds and manages the supervised research pipeline: systematic reviews, survey studies and registry-based projects in robotic and minimally invasive surgery.",
        "It will match student researchers to projects and mentors, and keep clear authorship standards.",
        "It will run a surgical research boot camp for members who are new to research.",
        "It will track abstract submissions to regional and international surgical conferences.",
        "It will keep the group's project tracker and publication record, and report on them every term."
      ],
      "heads": "Kareem Darwish. Second head: recruiting now.",
      "image": "/assets/departments/research-innovation.jpg",
      "imageAlt": "Open, laparoscopic and robotic surgical instruments laid side by side on a desk, next to a laptop showing an unlabelled comparison chart, with a surgical robot behind them.",
      "approachesTitle": "Three ways in.",
      "approachesLede": "RSIG's research question compares open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Scroll to move from one to the next, or choose one.",
      "approaches": [
        {
          "name": "Open",
          "short": "One long incision",
          "title": "Open surgery",
          "incision": "One long incision, wide enough for the surgeon's hands.",
          "motion": "Free: the surgeon's own hands and wrists work directly in the body.",
          "percent": "89%",
          "fact": "of recent graduates reported high autonomy in open cases."
        },
        {
          "name": "Laparoscopic",
          "short": "Small cuts, straight instruments",
          "title": "Laparoscopic surgery",
          "incision": "A few small cuts, each with a port; a long, rigid instrument passes through each one.",
          "motion": "Straight: the shaft pivots at the port, and the tip has no wrist.",
          "percent": "84%",
          "fact": "of recent graduates reported high autonomy in laparoscopic cases."
        },
        {
          "name": "Robotic",
          "short": "Small cuts, wristed instruments",
          "title": "Robotic surgery",
          "incision": "A few small cuts, each with a port; the robot's arms hold the camera and the instruments.",
          "motion": "Wristed: the tip bends inside the body, and the surgeon moves it from the console.",
          "percent": "37%",
          "fact": "of the same graduates reported high autonomy in robotic cases."
        }
      ],
      "approachesSource": "Autonomy: a national survey of 76 recent US general surgery graduates from 16 programmes (Reddington H, et al. J Surg Educ 2025;82(11):103702).",
      "callouts": [
        {
          "label": "Open",
          "x": 30,
          "y": 34
        },
        {
          "label": "Laparoscopic",
          "x": 64,
          "y": 29
        },
        {
          "label": "Robotic",
          "x": 28,
          "y": 83
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "awareness",
      "number": "03",
      "kicker": "Robotic surgery explained to the public",
      "name": "Awareness",
      "short": "Awareness",
      "url": "/departments/awareness/",
      "summary": "Explains robotic surgery to the public, to patients and to their families: what it is, how safe it is and what it offers patients. It will also organise the expert speaker series with practising robotic surgeons.",
      "overviewLine": "Explains robotic surgery to the public, to patients and to their families.",
      "remit": [
        "The department will lead public awareness campaigns on robotic surgery for the wider community, including patients and their families: what it is, how safe it is and what it offers patients.",
        "It will run awareness events that face the community, so that members of the public can learn about robotic surgery in plain words.",
        "It will produce educational summaries and infographics that explain robotic surgery in plain language.",
        "It will organise the expert speaker series with practising robotic surgeons, and hold academic sessions in collaboration with the Robotic Surgery Society (RSS).",
        "It will run introduction sessions for students in the pre-clerkship years and publish a term newsletter."
      ],
      "heads": "Two heads. Recruiting now.",
      "image": "/assets/departments/awareness.jpg",
      "imageAlt": "A surgical robot on show to the public in a warmly lit atrium, with parents and children standing around it and one father pointing at the robot's arms.",
      "lens": [
        {
          "label": "The console",
          "text": "The surgeon sits here and controls every movement.",
          "x": 24,
          "y": 40
        },
        {
          "label": "The patient cart",
          "text": "Its arms hold the camera and the small instruments. They move only when the surgeon moves, and they work through small cuts.",
          "x": 47,
          "y": 58
        },
        {
          "label": "The vision cart",
          "text": "On this screen, the team in the room sees the same view as the surgeon.",
          "x": 87,
          "y": 40
        },
        {
          "label": "The 3D view",
          "text": "The surgeon looks into a stereo viewer. The camera has two lenses and sends one picture to each eye, so the surgeon sees depth.",
          "x": 70,
          "y": 30
        }
      ],
      "callouts": [
        {
          "label": "The lamp",
          "x": 50,
          "y": 11
        },
        {
          "label": "A family",
          "x": 49,
          "y": 78
        },
        {
          "label": "The robot",
          "x": 50,
          "y": 41
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "public-relations",
      "number": "04",
      "kicker": "Brand, media and communications",
      "name": "Public Relations",
      "short": "PR",
      "url": "/departments/public-relations/",
      "summary": "Guards the RSIG brand, manages social media and the content calendar, covers events and designs the group's materials.",
      "overviewLine": "Guards the RSIG brand, manages social media and the content calendar, covers events and designs the group's materials.",
      "remit": [
        "The department guards the RSIG brand across all materials, including the palette, the logos and the typography.",
        "It manages the social media presence and the content calendar.",
        "It covers events with photography, reels and recap posts.",
        "It designs promotional materials, certificates, infographics and reports.",
        "It maintains the RSIG website and keeps the event listings current."
      ],
      "delivers": [
        "Event coverage: photography, reels and recap posts.",
        "Promotional materials, certificates, infographics and reports.",
        "The content calendar for the group's social media.",
        "A current website, with every event listed."
      ],
      "channelsNote": "Instagram, X and LinkedIn are the planned channels. The social media launch is planned for October 2026. Links will appear here when the accounts are live.",
      "channels": [],
      "heads": "Ayah Abu Jamea and Khidr Mohammed.",
      "image": "/assets/departments/public-relations.jpg",
      "imageAlt": "A film camera on a tripod pointed at a four-arm surgical robot standing in a pool of light.",
      "callouts": [
        {
          "label": "The lens",
          "x": 49,
          "y": 45
        },
        {
          "label": "The projection",
          "x": 78,
          "y": 31
        },
        {
          "label": "The quill",
          "x": 68,
          "y": 51
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}