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Program Requirements

The cores of this 30-credit program are two-fold. Firstly, two innovation courses are offered by the Â鶹AV Department of Experimental Surgery (EXSU 620-Surgical Innovation & 621-Surgical Innovation 2) and supporting courses are delivered by the Â鶹AV Department of Surgery with some sessions in those courses provided by external partners: Local Industry (Regulatory & IP), the John Molson School of Business (JMSB) (lean start-up), Concordia University (software design), and L'École de technologie supérieure (ETS) (prototyping). Secondly, fundamental business and management courses provided by the School of Continuing Studies (Â鶹AV) and JMSB are taken concurrently and reinforce the innovation project team experience. Students embark on a hospital-based needs finding process by observing all aspects of clinical activity in their focus themes. The trainees learn basic prototyping skills, start-up organization, and project management. This is supplemented by a basic statistics course and an introduction to the current status of biomedical research innovation. This graduate diploma then gives a business-oriented training in the surgical innovation process.

Required Courses (15 credits)

12 credits in:

• CORG 556 Managing and Engaging Teamwork (3 credits)

  Offered by: Administration & Governance (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Organizational Behaviour : Skills and knowledge to work better in teams, to leverage team strengths and avoid or resolve obstacles to build effective teamwork. Topics include: team development, building trust, decision-making in teams, resolving team conflicts and enhancing creativity in groups.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.

• EXSU 619 The Hospital Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Surgery (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Experimental Surgery : The process of surgical innovation and hands-on skills necessary to work within a multi-disciplinary team in the creation of a novel, need driven, and marketable prototype used in the care of the surgical patient. This is second of a 3 part course introducing concepts and performing needs analyses focusing on the hospital environment and the close contact with its structure and patients.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: Aoude, Ahmed (Fall)

  • Corequisite: EXSU 620

  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

  • Restriction: Course requires entry to surgical theatre; this is subject to hospital approval.

  • 1) Students may be subject to interview.

  • 2) Language of instruction: English, French available.

  • 3) Minimum number 6, maximum 30

  • 4) Subject to completion of medical/immunization record.

  • 5) Professional conduct and dress required at all times in hospital visits when in potential contact with patients.

• EXSU 620 Surgical Innovation 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Surgery (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Experimental Surgery : The process of surgical innovation and acquisition of hands-on skills necessary to work within a multi-disciplinary team in the creation of a novel, need driven, and marketable prototype used in the care of the surgical patient. This is the first of a 3 part course introducing concepts and performing needs analyses.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: Barralet, Jake; Mwale, Fackson (Fall)

  • Corequisite(s): EXSU 619

  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructors.

  • Restriction(s): Course requires entry to surgical theatre; this is subject to hospital approval.

  • 1) Students may be subject to interview.

  • 2) Contact hours 46.5 , 31.5 hours lectures, 15 hours workshops and hospital visits.

  • 3) Language of instruction: English, French available.

  • 4) Minimum number 6, maximum 30

  • 5) Subject to completion of medical requirements/immunization record.

  • 6) Professional conduct and dress required at all times in hospital visits when in potential contact with patients.

• EXSU 621 Surgical Innovation 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Surgery (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Experimental Surgery : This course builds on key concepts and needs screening delivered and generated in EXSU 620 to develop hands-on skills necessary to work within a multi-disciplinary team in the creation of a novel, need driven, and marketable prototype used in the care of the surgical patient.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: Barralet, Jake (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): EXSU 620

  • Restriction(s): Course requires entry to surgical theatre, this is subject to hospital approval.

  • Students may be subject to interview.

  • Contact hours 47 consisting of 23 hours lectures, 24 hours hospital visits and presentation.

  • Language of instruction: English, French available.

  • Minimum number 6, maximum 20.

  • Subject to completion of medical requirements/immunization record.

  • Professional conduct and dress required at all times in hospital visits when in potential contact with patients.

And:

3 credits from the following:

• EDPE 575 Statistics for Practitioners (3 credits)

  Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)

  Overview

  Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs.

  Terms: Winter 2024

  Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Winter)

  • Prerequisite EDPE 602

• EPIB 507 Biostats for Health Sciences (3 credits)

  Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Overview

  Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.

  Terms: Fall 2023, Summer 2024

  Instructors: Douwes-Schultz, Dirk (Fall) Levis, Brooke (Summer)

  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

  • Restriction: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Human Nutrition, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.

  • Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.

  • Due to the intensive nature of this course during the summer session, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day. The standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines apply for sections of this course offered during the Fall or Winter semesters.

• EXSU 606 Statistics for Surgical Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Surgery (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Experimental Surgery : Review of statistics for surgical research.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: Bouklouch, Yasser (Fall)

  • 2 hours/week

  • Compulsory for students in the Department of Surgery and available to others by permission of the coordinators

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 credits from the following:

• CACC 520 Accounting for Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Administration & Governance (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Accountancy : This course covers financial and managerial accounting. The course provides an understanding of the various financial statements as well as cost behaviour, cost/volume/profit relationships, budgets, responsibility accounting and relevant costing.

  Terms: Fall 2023

  Instructors: Cecere, Ralph (Fall)

  • Corequisite: CMS2 500

• CMR2 642 Marketing Principles and Applications (3 credits)

  Offered by: Global & Strategic Comm. (School of Continuing Studies)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Marketing : Examination of the different aspects of marketing operations: the marketing concept, analysis and research of market opportunities, and the planning, implementation, and control of the marketing program (product, promotion, distribution, and pricing). Focus is on the general market environment and Canadian marketing institutions.

  Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024

  Instructors: Royce, Charles (Fall) Letovsky, Steven (Winter)

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CMR2 542.

• CPL2 610 Practical Communication and Presentation Skills (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management & Entrepreneurship (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Policy : Overview of management skills pertaining to communication and networking in the workplace, including review of one's professional brand and career performance. Focus on preparing and delivering oral presentations for in-person, remote, and hybrid audiences; writing for business purposes such as reports; and creating business-related content for digital media.

  Terms: Winter 2024, Summer 2024

  Instructors: Walsh, Brendan (Winter) Lanctot, François-Olivier (Summer)

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CPL2 510.

Or:

9 credits of graduate-level courses taken at Concordia University, chosen in consultation with the program director/adviser.

Elective Courses (6 credits)

6 credits at the 500 lever or higher, taken in consultation with the program director/adviser.

Some courses may be substituted with equivalents at the 500 level or higher if timetabling or background of the student requires it, e.g., prior qualification in accounting.