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Table 1 Nontraditional training: list of disciplines medical students are exposed to via interdisciplinary teams, as well as yearly workshops, in the Bench-to-Bedside Competition

From: Addressing challenges of training a new generation of clinician-innovators through an interdisciplinary medical technology design program: Bench-to-Bedside

Medical student exposure to non-traditional training

By discipline (Team)

By topic (Workshop)

Health Sciences:

Clinical Need Identification

 • Biomedical Informatics

Business Plan Development

 • Nursing

Prior Art Searching

 • Pharmacy

FDA Regulations

 • Exercise & Sports Science

Prototyping

Business:

Term Sheet Negotiation

 • Business Administration

Patent Development

 • Entrepreneurship

Venture Capital

Engineering:

 • Biomedical Engineering

 • Mechanical Engineering

 • Electrical Engineering

 • Entertainment Arts & Engineering

 • Chemical Engineering

 • Materials Engineering

Basic Science:

 • Chemistry

 • Biology

 • Life Sciences

 • Mathematics

 • Genetics

Other:

 • Law

 • Computer Science

 • Art Education

 • Architecture

 • Film & Media Arts

 • English