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BioDesign Innovation (BMEN90030)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 50On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
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AIMS
BioDesign Innovation is a “real world” course in creating successful medical devices. The course is given over two semesters of one academic year and is composed of frontal lectures, practical training, and a guided project. The first semester focusses on identifying clinical needs, brainstorming and concept creation. The second semester focusses on concept development and business implementation. Teams of 2-3 students from engineering disciplines will team up with business students and with people from medical and law backgrounds to conceive and design an innovative medical device, taking it through all steps of development. The students in the teams will complete assessment items together, each member primarily contributing according to their specialisation. The teams will create an engineering prototype of their invention, draft a provisional patent application, and compose a detailed business plan. BioDesign Innovation is taught by a combination of academics, 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.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subjects, students should be able to:
- Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to complete a technical project
- 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 research and apply established theories to an interdisciplinary body of knowledge and practice
- Collect and analyse a range of data (both qualitative and quantitative) to analyse critically, reflect on and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories in 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 oral presentations of the findings of the investigation to an specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following skills:
- Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution.
- Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance.
- Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member.
- Understanding of the principles of sustainable design and development.
- Understanding of the principles of research and development.
- Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning.
- Openness to new ideas and unconventional critiques of received wisdom.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Entry into one of the following degrees: MC-ENG Master of Engineering (Biochemical), (Biomedical), (Biomedical with Business), (Chemical), (Civil), (Electrical), (Environmental), (Mechanical), (Software), (Spatial), (Structural).
Completion of at least four level 9 Engineering subjects.
Students are required to have achieved a H2B average or better in their course.
Enrolment in this subject requires approval of the subject coordinator. Students will be notified by the subject coordinator of the application process, which includes IP considerations, for this subject.
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One team-based written assignment on a clinical need of approximately 2000 words per student. ILOs 1,2,3,4,7 are assessed in this written assignment.
| Due in week 7 of first semester | 10% |
One team-based written assignment on the medical device of approximately 2000 words per student. ILOs 1,2,3,4,7 are assessed in this written assignment. Due in week 12 of first semester
| Due in week 12 of first semester | 10% |
One team-based oral presentation comprising 15 minutes per student. This presentation should provide a detailed description from the team of a clinical problem, a broad market review, an engineering concept of 3-4 solutions, regulation and reimbursement strategies, and IP challenges. ILOs 1,2,3,4,6,8 are assessed in this presentation.
| Due in week 1 of second semester | 20% |
A technical oral examination of no more than 30 minutes duration per student. Technical oral examination includes a formal presentation of 15 minutes per student followed by questions from an academic supervisor and academic examiner. ILOs 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 are assessed in this examination.
| Due in weeks 10-11 of second semester | 10% |
A lay person oral examination of no more than 15 minutes duration, supported by static display materials (e.g. poster, computer demonstration, prototype). ILOs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 are assessed in this examination.
| Due in weeks 11-12 of second semester | 10% |
A professional research report of 5,000 words per student, excluding appendices or supporting material that can include diagrams, tables, computations and computer code/output. ILOs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 are assessed in this report.
| Due in week 12 of second semester | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Year Long
Principal coordinator David Grayden Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 800 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 May 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Year Long contact information
Time commitment details
800 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Biomedical Specialisation (formal) Biomedical with Business Specialisation (formal) Electrical - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022