Indian MMBS doctors participate in Global Startup Immersion prog in Singapore

The three-day programme offered events like healthcare design thinking and product development workshops, start-up challenges, interactions with industry experts and more A batch of doctors from MPM-ClinicianX, an exclusive management programme for doctors by IIM-A, participated in a Global Startup Immersion programme in Singapore. Held at the National University of Singapore (NUS) & Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the three-day programme offered events like healthcare design thinking and product development workshops, start-up challenges, interactions with industry experts and more. Management Programme for Medical Professionals - ClinicianX (MPM-Cx) is a one-of-its-kind course designed for MBBS doctors, by IIM-Ahmedabad and DailyRounds (Neuroglia Health), a Bengaluru-based healthcare startup. The three-day start-up immersion programme in Singapore was a part of this course. The programme included a healthcare design thinking workshop, conducted by the expert team of NTU (Nanyang Technological University), Singapore. This workshop aimed to train doctors to approach healthcare problems from a design thinking perspective. Apart from this, there was also a start-up challenge, chaired by Dr Deepu Sebin, Physician & Founder, DailyRounds and Dr Mayank Gulkarni, Physician & Associate Director, National University of Singapore. In addition, Senu Sam, Founder & CEO, MyKare Health and Tanay Talal, Founder and CEO, Moonfrog Labs also delivered sessions. It was followed by Product development, Marketing & Product design workshops from eminent speakers in the field, and talks by VCs and investors. Around 40 MBBS and specialist doctors from across the country participated in the programme. The cohort included a range of candidates from fresh MBBS graduates, to senior specialist clinicians and practitioners. The doctors explored a range of creative projects including a primary school healthcare programme, a glucose-monitoring app, a creative redesign of children’s OPD, Electronic Medical Records etc.