BIOE 10SC:
Needs Finding in Healthcare
Are you on an engineering pathway and trying to decide if opportunities in healthcare might be of interest to you? Or, are you committed to a career in medicine and eager to explore how to incorporate technology innovation into your plans? In either case, Needs Finding in Healthcare is the Sophomore College for you! Several courses offered during the regular academic year provide students with the opportunity to understand healthcare problems and invent new technologies to address them. However, this is the only one that gives undergraduates the chance to directly observe the delivery of healthcare in the real world and identify important unmet needs for themselves. Needs Finding in Healthcare is a Sophomore College course offered by Stanford Biodesign. We're looking for students who are passionate about innovation and interested in how technology can be applied to help make healthcare better for patients everywhere. Over approximately three weeks, you'll spend time: Learning the fundamentals of the need-driven biodesign innovation process for health technology innovation; Practicing how to conduct observations and shadow care providers to identify compelling unmet health-related needs, and then performing observations in Stanford's emergency department, operating rooms, and clinics; Conducting background research and interacting with physicians and patients to understand and prioritize needs you have been identified; Brainstorming and building early-stage prototypes to enhance your understanding of the unmet need and critical requirements for solving it; In addition, you'll meet experienced innovators from the health technology field and explore different career pathways in this dynamic space. Join us if you want to make a difference at the intersection of medicine and engineering!
Terms: Sum
| Units: 2