PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Erik Reinertsen
AU  - Arun Mohan
AU  - Angela Fusaro
TI  - An elective course for medical students on innovation and entrepreneurship
AID  - 10.1101/148569
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 148569
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/06/12/148569.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/06/12/148569.full
AB  - Here we describe “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine” (IEMed), a short elective course that exposed medical students to innovation and entrepreneurship. We assess students’ self-rated familiarity with various learning objectives after the course and report survey outcomes. Students were most interested in further educational offerings focused on startups and innovation. However, students self-reported relatively lower levels of understanding in regulatory, reimbursement, and legal aspects of health tech. Most participants reported a desire to collaborate with or consult for industry partners, rather than to found or work at a startup. We conclude with a broader discussion of the need to expose medical students to opportunities in the technology industry.