Hello Healthcare people. I'm a 2023 New Grad from a top-ranked Product Design program in the States, looking for a junior UX Design role in the healthcare industry. I have accepted an internship offer from Johnson & Johnson Auris Health, working on the digital platform of their surgical robot. My question for designers in the healthcare industry is: if you want to make serious impact in your work, how much medical/healthcare knowledge should you have before entering the field? Should I pursue a Master's degree in biotech / something else to prepare me better for it? Or is it possible to learn by doing and advance your career from there? Thank you in advance for your feedback :)) Have a very great day. #healthcare #uxdesign #uiux #productdesign #JnJ #Medtronics #IntuitiveSurgical #biotech #BD #BostonScientific #Newgrad #designer
I agree with Microsoft. I have a graduate degree in healthcare management and work in healthcare consulting. For your specific need on learning the industry and lingo, with a few good practices, you can know just as much. I suggest signing up for one or two healthcare newsletters and check off the parts that peak your interest (checking off each sector of healthcare is not suggested bc it’s a ton of info to cover through everyday, unless you have the time and grit to do that.) Places like Kaiser Health News and Health Affairs are a good place to start. Now here’s the thing - for every new concept that’s new, that’s where you google/YouTube for answers. There are also a few healthcare news podcasts out there too. They’re not all about biotech, but it may help you with industry knowledge and how people talk and how companies are perceived on various topics. If you got 50-100k to shell out for grad school, great.. but also take a year or two off! You’ve probably been going to school for a long time and seeing other graduates immediately go to grad school might make you feel left out, but you’re not losing out on anything! Good luck!
Hi, I have an MS in info systems/design and no healthcare training. Been working for startups and healthcare design agencies as a senior/lead product ux designer for a while now. Everything I’ve needed to know about designing a device or software for medtech has been given to me or I’ve gotten through user research (with doctors, nurses, other healthcare workers, etc.). I’d be surprised if you ever went to design for something where that wasn’t baked in as part of the scope of work. Of course when I was designing something for a specific sector, I’d also do my own research if that area just to understand how things work. But that can easily be found online.
On the medical sides PhD or MD is often what opens the cap on progression level. In software I'm more doubtful it'd be worth it. I'd assume you can progress in level regardless of your degree and more based on skills/experience.
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I’m in healthcare and machine learning. I came in with quite a lot of background medical knowledge and it’s quite helpful. But I would say it’s not absolutely necessary cause if you’re curious and willing to always be learning, you’ll pick it up. I went for a PhD and during that time, I just taught myself from googling online or taking classes. Now I fill in what I don’t know through watching YouTube lectures and reading papers. Almost everything is free online.