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UCC Medical Students Battle Dragons

16 Mar 2016

The School of Medicine, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC), has launched a new module called 鈥楤usiness Skills in Medicine鈥� to their undergraduate medical curriculum. It is designed to expose medical students to the business skills required to develop cost-effective practices.

The module reaches its peak at the 鈥楾he Big Pitch鈥�, where student groups are invited to present their final pitch to a 鈥淒ragons鈥� Den鈥� style panel of experts. This year鈥檚 expert panel are representatives from the world of business, including individuals from UCC鈥檚 School of Economics, IGNITE UCC鈥檚 Graduate Business Innovation Programme, CIT and the Bank of Ireland.

Ireland鈥檚 Doctors are not immune to the financial challenges facing almost every sector of the economy. In order to overcome these challenges, UCC鈥檚 School of Medicine has allowed the introduction of this module, which focuses on developing medical students鈥� business acumen.

Dr Brad Noel MICGP,FRCPI, Module Facilitator, Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, UCC states that 鈥淏usiness Skills in Medicine鈥欌�� is a new module offered as part of the UCC Undergraduate Medical Student Selected Components (SSC) programme. It is a timely and innovative course which exposes medical students to the considerations of business planning for cutting edge modern services provision.鈥�

As part of the module, students are required to participate in a group project involving the development of a business proposal in a healthcare-related sector. This year鈥檚 projects are 鈥楥reating a Primary Care Centre鈥� and 鈥楥reating a Consultants Clinic鈥�.

With 鈥楤usiness Skills in Medicine鈥�, UCC is leading the next generation towards modern innovative, cost-effective healthcare of Ireland's patients.

The module is offered in collaboration with the Cork Business Community, the Bank of Ireland, Stratton Partners, UCC School of Business, CIT and UCC Alumni.