MDD and AMDD are very good classes to get your feet wet in understanding the different aspects of medical devices and what can lie ahead in your engineering career.

As expansion to these type of courses, I would like to see a course done on the startup/entrepreneur side of medical device development. These two courses, are definitely necessary to understand and should be mandatory before taking a startup/entrepreneur class. However, working in industry and for a company is just a small part of the possibilities that are out there. Running or starting a medical device company, as tall of a task as that is, is another possibility and learning the business side would be extremely beneficial.

I would like to see taught the high level steps that need to happen after the idea and device is created. For example, proper ways to write proposals, how to create a pitch for investors, best way to find and reach out to venture capitalist, how to protect your idea/prodcut, how to determine how much your product is worth, best practices for negotiating equity, etc. All of this can be taught in medical device startup course.