Entry requirements

120 credits including 60 credits in science/engineering/medicine/pharmacy/business administration. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• apply the different steps in the Biodesign process focusing on health innovations,
• describe how the Biodesign process can be used to to identify, invent and implement health innovations,
• critically reflect upon and analyse the different steps in the Biodesign process,
• formulate and present a business pitch  regarding a possible health innovation.

Content

The method Biodesign and its use to identify, invent and implement health innovations.

Seminars that deal with the different aspects of the Biodesign process:

• Identification of clinical needs
• Screening of clinical needs based on the disease in question, existing solution, stakeholder analysis and market analysis
• Planning of and caryying out a business pitch
• Select needs and create ideas
• Screening of ideas based on regulation of medical engineering devices, patents, compentation and business models, clinical/R&D strategy and business strategy

Instruction

Seminars, supervision of project work in groups.

Assessment

Active participation in seminars, poster presentation and oral and written presentation of group project.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.