MEDE 6310 Identifcation of Medical Engineering Opportunities - Clinical Rotations I

Credits:

3.00

Directors:
Fredericks, Butt
Grading:
Pass/Fail
Prerequisites:
None
Offered:
Year 1 Fall Semester
Description:

This course immerses students in the clinical environment to identify opportunities for device and process innovation and improvement. Students rotate through multiple clinical rotations and work as part of a team consisting of senior clinicians, surgeons, residents, nurses, and medical technologists. Students learn to identify unmet health care delivery needs through direct observations, interviews, literature surveys, and faculty mentorship. Throughout the course students vet their findings with interprofessional teams to ultimately uncover unmet healthcare device, process, and delivery needs for future work. Concurrently, students learn the process of assessing market size, intellectual property regulatory framework, and competitor dynamics.