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About the Surgical Innovation Program
First semester: Team building, Needs finding within a clinical environment, Needs screening based on business, engineering and clinical perspectives
Second semester: Prototype development, Proof of concept, Business plan
Summer semester: Internship with an industry partner
Teaching is delivered by engineers, clinicians, industry experts, entrepreneurs, attorneys and business faculty, and our program follows the approach of Learn & Design & Innovate.
Surgical Innovation is supported by NSERC-CREATE funding, through the Innovation at the Cutting Edge program.
To learn more about our program, please visit our website: www.mcgill.ca/surgery-create/
The concentration in Surgical Innovation offers a graduate-level training program in Experimental Surgery, leading to a Masters degree. This concentration allows for a hands-on learning experience for students to develop skills necessary to work within multi-disciplinary teams in the creation of novel, needs-driven and marketable prototypes used in development of novel surgical and medical devices. As such, participants work in multidisciplinary teams to identify clinical needs and to innovate solutions to them.
Please see
Full Program Description on McGill eCalendar.
Admission RequirementsGenerally a B.Sc.in Biological, Biomedical & Life Science, Physical Science, Computer Science, a M.D. degree, a B.Eng. is required. Exceptionally on a case by case basis, an applicant holding a B.Com., or B.C.L., LL.B. B.A. or B.Sc. in Humanities & Social Sciences will be considered. An applicant must have a minimum CGPA of 3.2/4.0. Applications will be accepted from candidates sponsored by a research supervisor willing to provide laboratory space and direction for their research work. See also How to apply & Application Deadlines Note of these additional requirements for this concentration:
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The Surgical Innovation program is a cross-disciplinary graduate program that equips trainees to enter the clinical technology sector. The program is delivered jointly by McGill University, École de technologie supérieure, and Concordia University's John Molson School of Business and Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. The three institutions join forces to offer training in Surgical Innovation, bringing together expertise in business, engineering, computer science and surgery. Trainees work as part of innovation cross-disciplinary teams to learn about the innovation process for new surgical devices through hands-on application and development. The program is based on the highly successful innovation model of Needs Identification-Invention-Implementation.
Program Directors
Jake Barralet
Director, McGill Clinical Innovation
Fackson Mwale
Director, McGill Clinical Innovation
For any questions regarding the program please contact:
- Laura Epure, surgicalresearch.med [at] mcgill.ca
- Sharon Turner, gradstudies.surgery [at] mcgill.ca
Since the Surgical Innovation program is delivered jointly by McGill, Concordia and the École de technologie supérieure, students can be involved in and explore cross-disciplinary research. Students can select from a vast pool of research opportunities based on their current career path; the program can also point them in new directions for further education, provide them with valuable qualifications and develop networking opportunities.
A list of the supervisors is available at: www.mcgill.ca/surgery-create/people.