{"id":1494,"date":"2015-05-21T12:11:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?page_id=1494"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:36:25","slug":"socio-medical-sciences-and-public-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/offices-services\/md-program-offices\/registrars-office\/current-medical-students\/fourth-year-student-information\/fourth-year-elective-catalog\/socio-medical-sciences-and-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Socio-Medical Sciences and Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" id=\"707.0\"><b>707.0\/MEDMD590 Health Care Entrepreneurship Program\u00a0 (non-clinical elective)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Instructor:<\/i><b> Anand Devaiah, M.D.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Location:<\/i> BCD Building, 5th Floor<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Telephone:<\/i> (617) 638-7933\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <i>E-Mail: <\/i><a href=\"mailto:Anand.Devaiah@bmc.org\">Anand.Devaiah@bmc.org<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Number of Students: <\/i>Two per block<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Period to be Offered:<\/i>\u00a0<strong> offered year round (contact Dr. Devaiah directly regarding elective requirements)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Description of Elective:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The elective at the Health Care Entrepreneurship Program (HCEP) exposes the medical student to the health care system from the perspective of the Clinician Entrepreneur. It provides insight into the world of business focusing on the start-up phase of health care companies. It offers exposure to the process of building a company from the moment of idea inception; through the stage of business plan writing, to the point of financing and initiation of operations. While at HCEP the student will join the team and contribute in one of three ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Critically evaluate new business opportunities presented to HCEP,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Actively assist HCEP ventures by conducting clinical and market research necessary to advance\u00a0 the project, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Develop the student\u2019s own ideas for a business opportunity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to the tasks above, the elective will challenge and enhance the student\u2019s analytic abilities, written and verbal communication skills, and his\/her ability to function in a professional business environment. HCEP\u2019s current areas of business interests include information technologies, health data and informatics, quality of care, clinical guidelines, cost containment, and delivery system efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Responsibilities will include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1) Written report to senior staff members regarding analysis of business plans, research results, and\/or a business proposal outline of their own specific health care business idea<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">2) Interviews with HCEP staff concerning their business experiences as needed<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">3) Weekly meetings with\u00a0 to discuss ideas, insights, and progress<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Participation in this elective requires:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1) A letter of intent written by the student and submitted\u00a0 along with a current resume<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">2) An interview<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The above requirements should be met at least 8 weeks prior to beginning the elective.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>707.0\/MEDMD590 Health Care Entrepreneurship Program\u00a0 (non-clinical elective) Instructor: Anand Devaiah, M.D. Location: BCD Building, 5th Floor Telephone: (617) 638-7933\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 E-Mail: Anand.Devaiah@bmc.org Number of Students: Two per block Period to be Offered:\u00a0 offered year round (contact Dr. Devaiah directly regarding elective requirements) Description of Elective: The elective at the Health Care Entrepreneurship Program (HCEP) exposes the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7398,"featured_media":0,"parent":1458,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133175,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1494\/revisions\/133175"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}