Learning the Language of Medical Device Innovation: A Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Elective for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

Physicians are playing a growing role as clinician-innovators. Academic physicians are well positioned to contribute to the medical device innovation process, yet few medical school curricula provide students opportunities to learn the conceptual framework for clinical needs finding, needs screening, concept generation and iterative prototyping, and intellectual property management. This framework supports innovation and encourages the development of valuable interdisciplinary communication skills and collaborative learning strategies.

Approach

Our university offers a novel 3-year-long medical student Longitudinal Interdisciplinary Elective in Biodesign (MSLIEB) that teaches medical device innovation in 4 stages: (1) seminars and small-group work, (2) shared clinical

SUBMITTER: Maloney LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9474701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature