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Program Contacts

Director

Co-

Directors

Director

Coordinators

James Tunnell
jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu 

Carlos Mery
cmery@austin.utexas.edu

John Uecker
juecker@ascension.org  

Elizabeth O. McCullum
elizabeth.mccullum@austin.utexas.edu

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How to Apply

To apply to the Distinction in Clinical Innovation and Design for the 20242025-25 26 program year, please complete this brief application in Interfolio. The application deadline is December 1, 2023

Program Summary

Designing meaningful solutions to the current pressing needs in health care requires a variety of complex skills, including the ability to identify meaningful problems, design thinking to find creative solutions, and entrepreneurship to implement them. The Distinction in Clinical Innovation and Design offers medical students the opportunity to actively learn the process of medical technology and process innovation by working with biomedical engineering graduate students in a structured and mentored experience. As part of the program, students will identify concrete clinical needs and address them through technology.

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An undergraduate degree in engineering is not required to participate in this program. 

Month

Activity

August

Bootcamp/Lectures - 1 Week

  • Regulatory,

  • Insurance Reimbursement,

  • IP,

  • Design thinking,

  • Biodesign process,

  • Basics of congenital heart disease,

  • Clinical needs finding,

  • Clinical etiquette, etc.

September - October

Needs Assessment - 2 Months

  • Clinical immersion (ICU, OR, clinics) 

  • Clinical needs compilation

Deliverable: list of clinical needs, 3-5 selected needs, 1-page problem statement and presentation

November - December

Market and Technology Assessment - 2 Months

  • IP search, regulatory review

  • Refinement of clinical needs

  • Design criteria specification

  • Interviews/literature search/initial client assessment

Deliverable: research in 3-5 needs, selection of 2 needs, design criteria for selected 2 needs, preliminary business case / presentation

January - February

Concept brainstorming and creation - 2 Months

  • Initial prototyping and testing

  • Iterative user research

  • Needs refinement

Deliverable: 1-2 viable concepts and initial prototypes / presentation

March - April

Creation of business plan/research project

  • Refinement of concepts

  • Provisional patent submission

Final Deliverable (Mid-May): business plan / research project, pitch

Virtual Information Session

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There are no additional academic tuition or fees associated with this distinction. 

Application Timeline

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Application Information

Application form will be provided to interested students as well as an interview with the program director or co-director.

Distinctions Distinction applications open September 1 and close December 1. All applications Applications into the Distinction in Clinical Innovation and Design will be approved on or before March 15th by the advisory committee.

MS1

  • Read about the Distinction and speak to upperclassmen in the Distinction

  • Attend the information session in April

MS2

  • MS2 Intersession 1: Attend the information session during the first MS2 Intersession; meet with program representatives to learn if the program is a good fit.

  • MS2 Intersession 2: Work on application, interview with director

  • MS2 Intersession 3: Complete application, interview with director

Orientation

When known, the orientation date will be listed in the DMS MS3 Academic calendar.

Grading Rubric

Fail

Pass

Honors

Did not meet the expectations as listed in Pass

Achieved all areas below:

  • Timely completion of deliverables (as stated in the timeline)

  • Timely submission of a business plan / research project

  • Local presentation of project

  • Initial prototype of concept(s)

  • Professionalism standards upheld

  • Achieved expected level of advancing/attained on all competency categories (see ILD rubric)

Achieved all areas defined in Pass in addition to one of the below:

  • Submission of provisional patent application

  • Having a functional second-iteration prototype

  • Presentation of business plan / research project to at least one outside group

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