Field Study Seminar: Innovating in Health Care

Course Number 6340

Professor Regina Herzlinger
Winter
Field Study Seminar earning 3 non-classroom credits
Project

Career Focus

Students interested in careers in operating, financing ,or consulting to health care services, health insurance, health IT, or medical technology-drugs, devices, diagnostics

Educational Objectives

Additional field based experience in innovating new health care ventures on topics chosen by the students or from those offered by Prof. Herzlinger

Course Content and Organization

Students will meet as a whole on selected dates:

• to discuss research strategies and the course overview
• to present their research ideas and plans to their peers
• to present their results to their peers

In addition, student teams meet biweekly with Prof Herzlinger, at a time which will be determined. Students will do an in-class presentation to their peers on the last two sessions of the course.

Students will be required to email their presentations to Professor Herzlinger and their fellow classmates four business days before the class sessions.