Clinical Innovation and Design, Short Course | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Sweden
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Clinical Innovation and Design

5 months
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About

Be taking the Clinical Innovation and Design course offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the students will gain knowledge and practical experience on how to use the BioDesign process from Stanford to create innovation in healthcare.

Overview

What you will study

The Clinical Innovation and Design course offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology consists of twelve evening seminars, following the steps of the Biodesign process.

After taking the course the student should be able to:

  • describe the different steps in th e BioDesign process
  • describe how to execute the steps in Sweden and Europe
  • discuss why the steps are performed and in which order they should be conducted
  • apply the BioDesign method: Start with a need (provided from observations in healthacre)
  • choose suitable criteria to conduct need validation, concept generation, and concept validation
  • generate a buisiness plan

Programme Structure

The program focuses on:

IDENTIFY

  • Sem. 1-2: Needs Finding: Strategic Focus, Observation and Problem Identification, Need Statement Development
  • Sem. 3-4: Need validation: Disease State, Treatment Options, Stakeholder Analysis, Market Analysis, Needs Filtering

INVENT

  • Sem. 5-6: Concept Generation: Ideation and Brainstorming, Concept Screening
  • Sem. 7-8: Concept Selection: Intellectual Property Basics, Regulatory Basics, Reimbursement Basics, Business Models, Prototyping, Concept Selection

IMPLEMENT

  • Sem. 9-10: Development Strategy for: IP, R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Sales
  • Sem 11-12: Integration: Operating Plan and Financial Model, Business Plan Development, Funding Sources, Licensing

Feedback meetings:

  • After the seminars 4, 6, 8, and 10, each group gets an hour of feedback meeting with an expert.

Individual work:

  • Preparations for seminars
  • Making and presenting a poster after seminar 4

Group project:

  • Generation of business plan and presentation

Key information

Duration

  • Full-time
    • 5 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English
TOEFL admission requirements TOEFL® IBT
90

Credits

9 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL admission requirements TOEFL® IBT
90

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

  • Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
  • Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
  • Liability
  • Home contents and baggage
  • Accidents
  • Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

  • Bachelor's degree 180 credits. 
  • English B/6.

Tuition Fee

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  • EU/EEA

    Free
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 0 SEK for the full programme during 5 months.

If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen or hold a residence permit in Sweden for something other than studies you generally do not have to pay tuition fees.

Living costs for Stockholm

9668 - 17248 SEK /month
Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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