Project Course: Bioentrepreneurship

Aim

Knowledge and understandingOn completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

• Describe quality assurance systems for biomedical methods in healthcare, industry and research
• Describe basic legal and regulatory issues relating to the commercialisation and quality assurance of biomedical science

Skills and abilitiesOn completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

• Formulate a commercially viable requirement specification for the project based on a project directive and use this to assess the feasibility of the project with respect to biomedical solutions and available resources
• Demonstrate their ability to independently carry out project work in accordance with a project model
• Establish a business plan in order to utilise innovative ideas within biomedicine on commercial grounds
• Present a finished product orally and in writing to recipients who are not necessarily specialists in the techniques that are being applied
• Identify and manage uncertainties in projects and commercial processes

Judgement ability and approachOn completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

• Critically process commercially viable ideas within biomedicine from a social and ethical perspective

Content

This is a basic course that covers theory and practical work concerning how to commercialise a biomedical concept and develop it into a product. This encompasses both understanding legal and regulatory issues relating to commercialisation, quality assurance of biomedical science and translating this into a business plan. Students are also trained in verbal and written presentation techniques and communication. The aim of the course is to reach an understanding of the commercialisation process in the development of a biomedical product or service, and to view this from an ethical and social perspective.

The course encompasses the fields, bioentrepreneurship, project management, biomedical improvement studies, evidence-based healthcare, biomedical communication, biomedical application and utilisation.