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Health Innovation Bootcamp

What is the Health Innovation Bootcamp?

The Health Innovation Bootcamp at The Clinic is a series of immersive, in-person workshops that help early-stage health innovators develop the knowledge and skills that are the building blocks of entrepreneurship. Working as part of a group of fellow healthcare innovators, participants collaborate over six sessions to explore and validate business ideas for commercial potential. Sessions are also streamed simultaneously at the following satellite locations: Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences and MACcellerate.

Registration is now open for the Fall Health Innovation Bootcamp. The program runs over six Tuesday sessions, from October 6 to November 17, 2026. Apply by October 1 to reserve your spot.

Bootcamp Breakdown - Program Elements

  • Identify and prioritize unmet healthcare needs.

  • Validate problems with real-world evidence.

  • Understand the impact of solving the right problem.

  • Craft a clear and compelling value proposition.
  • Analyze market gaps and competition.
  • Map key stakeholders and potential users.
  • Develop a minimum viable product tailored to healthcare needs/current state.
  • Review intellectual property (IP) and key regulatory channels.
  • Build understanding of compliance within health settings.
  • Learn to create effective pitches and visuals for pitch competitions, investors, partners, and customers.
  • Explore early funding opportunities and pathways.
  • Understand healthcare-specific commercialization strategies.
  • Build a practical and effective go-to-market plan.
  • Apply all Bootcamp concepts to your three-minute business pitch to fellow learners, Clinic mentors, and the judging panel.
  • Receive feedback on your pitch and gain the opportunity to win the prize pool.

Bootcamp Components

Guided Group Work

Weekly Challenges

Final Pitch Competition

$1,000 Prize for Top Pitch

Information Box Group

Expectations

  • Pre-readings (videos, articles, and case studies) must be completed before each session.
  • Participants should be prepared for additional ‘homework’ between sessions.
  • Pitch decks will be revised weekly in preparation for the final presentation.

Who should attend?

Students, researchers, clinicians, and aspiring entrepreneurs who are thinking of developing a biomedical innovation and wish to strengthen their commercialization and storytelling skills.

No idea? No problem! Come with a concept or just curiosity to learn.

Registration Process Register Now

The Fall 2026 Health Innovation Bootcamp runs over six Tuesday sessions: October 6, 20 and 27, and November 3, 10 and 17. The entry fee is $50 + HST, which is pooled into the prize, and $1,000 is awarded for the top innovation. Register by October 1, 2026.

Testimonials

Watch how the Health Innovation Bootcamp helped Deena Al-Sammak and Hasam Madarati, PhD, move their health innovations forward.