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MedTechVic’s team of experts leverages its multidisciplinary skill set to offer expert clinical advice and support across the health care system. Supported by expertise across the health, disability and aged care sectors, we incorporate research, literature, lived experience and user co-design to provide pragmatic solutions and appropriate clinical testing.

MedTechVic brokers relationships with ������ýapp’s wider advanced technology, design and manufacturing network, assisting industry partners in accessing the university’s leading capabilities. By harnessing ������ýapp’s Industry 4.0 techniques, we can transform the way assistive technology is designed, developed and manufactured, in turn, enhancing the quality and customisation of assistive technology and empowering local manufacturers with cutting-edge capabilities.

MedTechVic is committed to ensuring that the healthcare and disability care sector are well-equipped with the skills and expertise to provide equitable support. As such, MedTechVic works closely with healthcare and disability care providers to right-skill professionals in the sector.

We achieve this through a variety of programs, including the Clinical Innovation Fellowship program, which teaches professionals from a clinical background how to think from a design and development perspective. Another such program is our ongoing wheelchair workshops, which are designed to help physical and occupational therapists better understand and perform minor adjustments required for functional and comfortable wheelchair use.

The MedTechVic Challenge Projects are the heart of the hub. The other pillars feed into, facilitate, and support this branch. These projects are where the MedTechVic team come together to draw on the whole university’s capabilities. In the Challenge Projects, MedTechVic works with industry partners to identify opportunities for change. This is the central point of co-creation and brings together people from research, industry, and those with lived experience. Projects can look at the types of products created, the way products are created or delivered, how a product is identified as being suitable for a person, or any other way people are supported to engage in their lives. Projects also investigate how industry and workforce fit into the current situation and what role they could have in creating change.

The Clinical Innovation Fellows Program is a first-of-its-kind training program that teaches professionals from clinical backgrounds how to think from a design and development perspective. The graduates help build the Clinical Innovation Network, which also includes the MedTechVic clinical advisors. This network is designed to provide meaningful advice and coaching to industry and research through a clinical lens.

The Manufacturing 4.0 business readiness program is run by the Factory of the Future in partnership with the . Workshops and webinars equip manufactures of medtech to harness the potential of digital manufacturing in their businesses. This means that outcomes of the Challenge Projects will have appropriate industry infrastructure for production in Victoria. It is part of MedTechVic’s commitment to a holistic approach to filling the gaps in the medtech industry.