Certificate in Biomedical Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Admission to the Certificate in Biomedical Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship is suspended.
Type: Credit-based
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering, Faculties of Medicine and Engineering
Coordinator: Geoff Maksym, geoff.maksym@dal.ca, 902-494-2624
Overview:
An Integrated NSERC CREATE Training Program in Biomedical Device Innovation was initiated with a generous NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program award and is now integrated as a certificate program within the School of Biomedical Engineering.
The Biomedic certificate program, a partnership between the School of Biomedical Engineering and the School of Management, is designed to train you to enhance your current engineering skill-set, understand gaps in the industry where innovation is needed, and develop the business knowledge to finance your research and successfully launch your new technology.
The certificate program is available to Masters and PhD students and includes both classroom learning and an industrial placement with a local, national or international medical device company.
The industry placement will expose you to:
- Medical Device Design & Development
- Regulatory Processes
- Clinical Trials
- Fundraising for Start-ups
- Aspects of the Start-up Process
You will be asked to observe and report on industry practices, write a medical device-related standard operating procedure (SOP) according to ISO13485, and to present to your peers during the weekly SBME seminar series.
Admission Requirements / Eligibility:
The certificate program is open to current Dalhousie Master's and PhD students in Biomedical Engineering.
Certificate Requirements:
Core course requirements:
BMNG 5050.00: Clinical Technologies
BMNG 5210.03: Biomedical Instrumentation, Data Aquisition & Analysis
BMNG 5310.03: Entrepreneurship & the Business of Medical Technology I
Electives (Pick 3 credit hours from the following courses):
BMNG 5110.03: Biocompatibility and Biomaterials Design
BMNG 5260.03: diagnostic Imaging & Radiation Biology
Additional Requirements:
Completion of a thesis/dissertation consistent with the requirements of the School of Biomedical Engineering
Completion of an Industry Placement at a medical device company (4 weeks for MASc, 4 months for PhD). You will be asked to observe and report on industry practices, write a medical device-related standard operating procedure (SOP) according to ISO13485, and to present to your peers during the weekly SBME seminar series.
Certificate Requirement Exemptions:
Students who have completed comparable content as part of a previous graduate degree may be eligible to have certificate requirements modified through requests for advanced placement/advanced standing. Please contact the certificate coordinator for more information.
Application of Credit Hours Towards Other Degree Requirements:
Courses completed as part of this certificate may be double-counted towards the requirements of a concurrent degree, subject to approval by the student’s supervisor and graduate coordinator in their primary degree program. Courses not approved to count towards the primary degree requirements will result in additional tuition fees on a per-course fee basis.