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BioDesign Innovation (MGMT90231)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 37.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Year Long
Overview
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BioDesign Innovation is a “real world”, team-based subject in creating successful medical devices. Teams will consist of 2-3 students from the MBA program and 2-3 students from engineering disciplines, along with individuals with medical and law backgrounds to conceive and design an innovative medical device, taking it through all steps of development. The teams will create an engineering prototype of their invention, draft a provisional patent application, and compose a detailed business plan; team members are expected to contribute primarily according their specialisation.
BioDesign Innovation is given over three terms of one academic year and is composed of frontal lectures, practical training, and a guided project. The subject is taught by a combination of academics and guest speakers such as medical device entrepreneurs, corporate executives, intellectual property attorneys and venture capitalists. As such, it provides a unique opportunity to gain real world experience while still in an academic environment.
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator. There is an application process for this subject, and students are required to have achieved a H2B average or better in their course.
Intended learning outcomes
Having completed this unit the student should be able to:
- Search, analyse and document clinical practice, engineering science and relevant literature in order to determine the need for further research and development in a chosen clinical area.
- Devise a methodology of investigation to improve knowledge or understanding of a chosen interdisciplinary topic.
- Collect and analyse a range of data (both qualitative and quantitative) to improve collective understanding of a chosen topic.
- Build a device or write software that helps to technologically address a clinical need.
- Develop a business plan, including market overview, regulation and reimbursement strategies and intellectual property (IP) strategies.
- Write a project report that follows good engineering science practice.
- Present an oral presentation of the findings of an investigation to an audience of peers or lay people.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90227 | Operations |
October (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
BUSA90074 | Global Business Economics |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
BUSA90026 | Business Strategy |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- One team-based written assignment on a clinical need (approximately 2,000 words per student), due in Week 8 or 9 (10%)
- One team-based written assignment on the proposed medical device (approximately 2,000 words per student), due in Week 12 or 13 (10%)
- One team-based oral presentation (approximately 15 minutes per student), due in Week 22 (20%)
- A technical oral presentation (approximately 30 minutes per student, including Q&A), due in Week 32 or 33 (10%)
- A lay person oral presentation (approximately 10 minutes per student), due in Week 33 or 34 (10%)
- A professional project report (approximately 5,000 words per student), due in Week 34 (40%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Year Long
Principal coordinator Kwang Lim Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 90 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 May 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Year Long contact information
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022