The healthcare field is constantly evolving as professionals in this industry are continuously working towards developing new treatments for illnesses. To give students the most advanced education, some schools across the country are adding new programs that provide the skills needed for success in this field.
The University of California has recently announced that it will provide a masters degree program specializing in translational medicine, which will be offered at both the Berkley and San Francisco campuses. This new educational opportunity will benefit professionals with both engineering and medical backgrounds who also have some business experience, according to the New York Times.
The joint-degree program, which has been launched with the support of Andrew Grove, former CEO of Intel, will include courses in cost-accounting, organizational behavior as well as navigating regulatory and patent laws, the news source reports. Students will also study anatomy, cell biology, physiology, project management, engineering and clinical trial design.
This degree program is "the art of taking laboratory, one-off discoveries and putting them into mass production - in higher volume and at lower cost than previous treatments," said Grove.
Government statistics suggest that the employment of professionals in scientific research and development services is projected to increase by 25 percent in the next eight years.
