Clinical Immersion Program
Gain a whole new perspective with IEM’s Clinical Immersion Program! Our unique program is tailored towards professionals within the medical device community who are looking to better understand the environment in which their products are used on a day-to-day basis.
Who should attend?
Medical device engineers, specialists in front-end innovation, human factors specialists, design assurance & regulatory, senior executives, and sales & marketing professionals.
Why should I participate?
- Develop an understanding of unmet clinical needs.
- Get real time feedback from clinicians to shorten development cycles and accelerate innovation.
- Enhance your regulatory readiness to streamline FDA approvals/compliances and reduce market entry barriers later in the clinical process.
- Gain an advantage by understanding the clinical side well so that your company can gain faster adoption and higher commercial success.
Program Information
Interact with clinicians, observe cases, conference with physicians, shadow patient visits, and engage in simulated training experiences.
- Duration: There are options for one day or week-long immersions.
- Locations: UMN Medical Center East & West Banks and Clinics & Surgery Center.
- Availability: Held throughout the year (we match the availability of physicians and industry).
- Cost: Connect with our team for pricing.
Dan Kaiser, Abbott DVP, Prod Dev & Engineering Electrophysiology
"Abbott is pleased to participate in the Institute for Engineering in Medicine’s Clinical Immersion Program, which exemplifies the collaboration between 20 of the University's Medical School departments and industry needed to advance healthcare innovation. By embedding our engineers into the clinical environment, the program fosters a deeper understanding of unmet medical needs and accelerates the development of technologies that improve patient outcomes."
Stephanie Board, BSCI, Group Vice President R&D
"BSCI sees a tremendous value in being able to embed multiple groups in the IEM clinical immersion program at the University of Minnesota. We have become one of the main users across multiple of our business units, taking advantage of many of the 20 medical school departments that participate. Our groups are always pleased with the interaction and engagement of the IEM staff, medical school faculty, and trainees that make this such a rich and unique experience for our engineers."
Tim Laske, Medtronic, Vice President of Research and Development - Medtronic Cardiac Ablation Solutions
"Since its inception, Medtronic has been an early adopter and a continued user of the IEM clinical immersion program. This unique and visionary program allows our engineers to directly embed into clinical environments, providing an invaluable perspective on the current use of products and systems and first-hand exposure to where unmet needs exist. This novel program has been instrumental in enhancing our employee training."
Raymond Chiu, Solventum, Senior Vice President, Research & Development
"Clinical immersion is a great way the University—especially IEM—helps Solventum and our MedTech community. This observational experience has helped several teams get a clearer picture of clinician workflow and pain points, leading to insights to create better, smarter, and safer health care for everyone. We're excited to keep working with IEM and keep making a difference together."
Clinical Areas
Cardiology
- Interventional
- Electrophysiology: (Heart Failure & Cardiac ICU focuses available)
Neurosurgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Neurointerventional/Cerebral Vascular
- Brain Tumor & Functional Neurosurgery
Surgery
- Cardiac
- Colon & Rectal
- Critical & Acute Care
- Gastrointestinal/Bariatric
- ICU
- Oncology (Urology, Gynecologic Oncology, & Anesthesiology focuses available)
- Plastic
Other/Custom
- Dentistry
- OB/GYN
- Orthopedics
- Spine
- Inpatient Care
- Remote Monitoring
- Patient Monitoring & Warming
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Wound Care
- Primary Care
- Interventional Pulmonology, Endoscopy, & Radiology
- Infusion
- Emergency Medicine
- Sepsis Management
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter & Central Line
- Custom (Combination of different clinical areas available)