Medical Innovation guidance for residents in medicine

Provided by: Emory University School of Medicine
 
Who’s eligible: Members of the Residency/Fellows Program in the Emory School of Medicine
 
If you’re a resident or Fellow in medicine and are interested in medical innovation, this 24-month program can provide crucial advice and guidance.
 
SOM’s Medical Innovation Residency Track will help you:

• Learn about validated pathways to medical innovation development
• Understand the basics of what’s needed to bring an idea to market
• Acquire a basic understanding of regulatory and reimbursement models that bring innovation to fruition
• Apply this knowledge to working with a team to develop an innovation project, as well as critically evaluate proposed innovative medical devices and technologies

If you participate, you should plan on at least 4 weeks of elective time (distributed over two years) to complete track requirements. You must also:

• Maintain good standing with the residency/fellowship program
• Regularly attend a monthly lecture series
• Identify a mentor from your clinical department who will work with you throughout the program and attend program events when needed
• Complete a longitudinal innovation project, sharing work by presenting abstracts or posters at conferences, publishing in academic journals and/or submitting patent applications
• Share your work to hospital leadership at an annual graduation event
• Adhere to residency work-hour policies.

Once you complete the track, you’ll be awarded a certificate of distinction in medical innovation from Emory University School of Medicine.