HealthTech Summer School (Msc) 2024

Gained skills to:

• Invent a new product based on real customer insights
• Understand challenges in digital/tech projects
• Collaborate in x-faculty student teams
• Grow your innovator and industry network and… HAVE FUN!

This 6 ECTS- and Triple-E Award winning program is modelled on the pioneering Stanford Biodesign training to identify major market opportunities and invent high potential digital health solutions (e.g. AI-based cancer detection, patient apps or DTx) or medical devices (e.g. implants).

It provides hands-on experience in shadowing patients and physicians, develop a compelling product idea and seed-stage business plan. Highly motivated students will benefit from interdisciplinary project groups with e.g. engineering, data analyst, health profession and business student members and extensive coaching by industry specialists. You will get insights and develop practical skills in:

• Biodesign innovation process
• Team strategy and skills
• Clinical immersion in clinics and at patient bedside
• Design thinking and user research
• Intellectual property check
• Regulatory strategy
• Reimbursement strategy
• AI and health data
• R&D and clinical strategy
• Funding options
• Pitch training
• Jury pitch in front of industry specialists

Your course co-organizers are:

• Prof. Dr. Mathias Bonmarin / School of Engineering
• Nicole Zigan / School of Health Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Michel Adamina / Kantonsspital Winterthur

For more information, please visit the info webinar on 01 February 2024, 12.30-13h CET:

‍https://zhaw.zoom.us/j/61627022614

Meeting-ID: 616 2702 2614
Mobile: +41315280988, 61627022614#

Open for all healthcare-interested MSc- and PhD students and young professionals from all faculties in- and outside ZHAW.

Documents required for the application

• CV in English incl. level of English language and average grade of last university degree
• Short motivational email