Introducing First-Year Medical Students to Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Olivia C Coiado; Kashif Ahmad

doi:10.1007/s40670-019-00879-y

Introducing First-Year Medical Students to Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Med Sci Educ. 2019 Dec 4;30(1):19-20. doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00879-y. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Olivia C Coiado¹, Kashif Ahmad¹

Affiliation

¹ Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1406 W. Green St, Suite 0242-D, Urbana, IL 61821 USA.

Abstract

Medical education is changing and evolving, and it is evident there is a need for emerging technologies that will improve patient outcomes and healthcare (Brazile et al. Med Teach. 40(12):1264-74, 2018). The Carle Illinois College of Medicine is creating an innovative model for medical education that integrates engineering principles into an active learning curriculum.

Keywords: Active-learning; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Medical education.