The course enables multidisciplinary teams to identify digital health technology opportunities which have huge potential to personalise and improve access to care, reduce costs and increase quality of care in the WA health system. The course is based upon Stanford University’s prescriptive biodesign innovation process and is taught by a range of industry experts and Perth Biodesign course directors, Richard Macliver, Innovation Manager at Child and Adolescent Health Service, and Dr Simon Graindorge, COO at OncoRes Medical, Entrepreneur in Residence at IP Group Australia.
The course is designed for passionate individuals with clinical, engineering/IT/computing/design, business, and research backgrounds. Successful participants will be placed into teams and spend time in clinical settings identifying health challenges. After careful needs screening under the guidance of the Perth Biodesign mentors, the teams will ideate and prototype solutions, and plan to implement them.
4 month course Duration
March – June 2022
10 HOUR Clinical IMMERSION AT WA HOSPITALS
Late February 2022
8 HOUR/WEEK OVERALL COMMITMENT
Inclusive of in-person weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings
Please click here for more information and to apply.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 22 December 2021
ADMINISTERED & SUPPORTED BY
The University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
SPONSORED BY
WA Data Science Innovation Hub
WA Health Translation Network
Curtin University
Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science
Ear Science Institute Australia