Bringing the startup experience to medical school.
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The StartEx Program
- We offer an immersive six-month experience with a healthtech company.
- StartEx students will be able to participate in HaloHealth's fellowship program. This involves conducting due diligence on healthtech startups and participating in prescreening calls where healthtech startups pitch for advisory and capital. HaloHealth is Canada's first physician angel group.
- Students must attend at least one HaloHealth prescreening call a month and have the option to conduct due diligence.
The Program's Timeline
October – November
November – April
May
June
Our Partnered Startups
Our Mission
The StartEx program was founded by a group of Queen’s Medicine students that are passionate about the intersection of healthcare and entrepreneurship. Our mission is two-fold, we wanted to supplement our education, and that of our peers, with first-hand exposure and experience in entrepreneurship, while also promoting a positive attitude towards the utilization of cutting-edge medicine.
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Interested in joining?
Frequently Asked Questions
Any current Canadian medical student – from MS1 to clerks.
No, this is an extra-curricular opportunity.
It is the responsibility of the student to discuss their availability with their matched startup; however, our partnered startups understand that students will most likely be committing no more than four hours per week. For the HaloHealth component, it is required to attend at least one screening call a month.
Yes.
In general, the partnered startups are looking to recruit students that are passionate about improving health outcomes through innovation and entrepreneurship. Bringing your medical knowledge, earnest commitment, and enthusiasm is what the StartEx program values.
Examples of “nice-to-have” skills include: literature reviews, data analysis, project management, domain-specific expertise, programming, market research
Before the application deadline, medical students can read the startups’ project profiles on the StartEx website. In the application, students will indicate which startups they would like to be considered for. The selection process takes into consideration specific skills the healthtech startups would like to recruit. In November, an introductory call is scheduled between the accepted students and their “matched” healthtech startup to discuss onboarding, deliverables, metrics, and communication preferences. Unfortunately, if students apply to more than one startup, we cannot guarantee they will be matched to their top choice. Generally, there will be 4-5 students assigned to each startup.
Generally, there will be 4-5 students assigned to each startup.
No, students that are interested in the StartEx program apply as individuals and not as a team.
Please refer to the project descriptions listed for each startup on the StartEx website.
The StartEx program only involves our partnered startups. If you’d like to work with another startup, we encourage you to pursue that opportunity outside of this program!