Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum
New educational curricula are emerging to train physicians for healthcare in the 21st century. The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School T.H. Chan School of Medicine (UMass Chan) implemented an MD curriculum redesign in the fall of 2022 that included seven educational pathways, including E...
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| description | New educational curricula are emerging to train physicians for healthcare in the 21st century. The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School T.H. Chan School of Medicine (UMass Chan) implemented an MD curriculum redesign in the fall of 2022 that included seven educational pathways, including Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Innovation, and Design. This new pathway curriculum introduces students to the principles of innovation, entrepreneurship, basic engineering principles, and technology commercialization. It is modeled after the I-Corps curriculum with added material regarding engineering principles. I-Corps was initially developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help scientists understand the commercial potential of their inventions. Major elements include the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery [19-22]. First-year (Class of 2027) and second-year (Class of 2026) pathway students were invited to participate in online surveys evaluating course material and their knowledge of course content. Initial results show that the program was well received and student self-assessment demonstrated significant improvement. Objective student knowledge also significantly improved. Novel curricula have the potential to transform medical education and prepare future physicians to practice healthcare in the 21st Century. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f6f2cccdec2b4edfa5e4c29814a652a42025-08-20T04:01:25ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612025-01-01910.1017/cts.2025.10112Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculumNathaniel Hafer0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-5092Christian Keenan1Anindita Deb2UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, US Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USTH Chan School of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USDepartment of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USNew educational curricula are emerging to train physicians for healthcare in the 21st century. The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School T.H. Chan School of Medicine (UMass Chan) implemented an MD curriculum redesign in the fall of 2022 that included seven educational pathways, including Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Innovation, and Design. This new pathway curriculum introduces students to the principles of innovation, entrepreneurship, basic engineering principles, and technology commercialization. It is modeled after the I-Corps curriculum with added material regarding engineering principles. I-Corps was initially developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help scientists understand the commercial potential of their inventions. Major elements include the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery [19-22]. First-year (Class of 2027) and second-year (Class of 2026) pathway students were invited to participate in online surveys evaluating course material and their knowledge of course content. Initial results show that the program was well received and student self-assessment demonstrated significant improvement. Objective student knowledge also significantly improved. Novel curricula have the potential to transform medical education and prepare future physicians to practice healthcare in the 21st Century.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612510112X/type/journal_articleI-CorpsCommercializationengineeringentrepreneurshipmedical education |
| spellingShingle | Nathaniel Hafer Christian Keenan Anindita Deb Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum Journal of Clinical and Translational Science I-Corps Commercialization engineering entrepreneurship medical education |
| title | Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum |
| title_full | Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum |
| title_fullStr | Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum |
| title_short | Implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship, biomedical innovation, and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum |
| title_sort | implementation and preliminary evaluation of an entrepreneurship biomedical innovation and design pathway in a school of medicine curriculum |
| topic | I-Corps Commercialization engineering entrepreneurship medical education |
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