Anatomy of Innovation Course
Go from health care problem to pitch deck in 10 short weeks
HealthTech Programs at the HMS Center for Primary Care leads the Anatomy of Innovation: The Biodesign Process course (NCE510.0) every spring. In the course that is predicated on the proven biodesign innovation framework, we teach the design thinking method used to transform real health care challenges into business ideas that change medicine. We work from a curriculum that brings together medicine, technology, and entrepreneurship, augmented by inspiring talks from experts in health IT, intellectual property, medical devices, and medtech.
In small teams, students will apply classroom lectures and practicals to a real-life unmet clinical challenge, ultimately developing a real, competitively sound innovation to address it.
We welcome students across Harvard, from MBA, PhD, and MD candidates to students completing postdocs and those enrolled in graduate-level engineering or design programs. Care providers from our affiliated hospitals are also welcome to join.
Who should register
We welcome students from various disciplines at Harvard (including MBA, Postdoc, PhD, MD candidates, graduate-level engineering programs, design programs, etc.), as well as staff, researchers, and care providers from our affiliated hospitals to join our course. A dedicated course for Harvard faculty is coming soon!
Project coaches
HMS HealthTech Fellows will guide the course as project coaches. As a part of their training, fellows spend time uncover unmet needs through clinical observation. They will bring those observations to the course so participants can create innovations for real issues happening in health care today.
