Applied Medical Innovation II

Catalog description

Applied Medical Innovation II: Bench to Bedside is a hands-on, interdisciplinary, project experience for graduate students, offered in partnership with the Center for Health, Devices, and Technology (Penn Health Tech). The course acts as device ACCELERATOR for projects originating from Applied Medical Innovation I and Penn Health Tech. Students partner with experienced technical teams (clinicians + engineers) to create a commercialization plan for real-world, cutting-edge medical technologies under development at Penn. Students work closely with their interdisciplinary team to identify and validate the clinical need, stakeholder requirements, and business case in order to de-risk the technology, increase commercial potential, and package the idea for follow-on investment. In the second half of the course, students will also gain exposure to medical technology entrepreneurship and investing. The course is open to all graduate and senior undergraduate students (pre-application required).