Opportunities for students to learn through transdisciplinary breast cancer care, digital health innovation, research, and clinician-led medtech translation.
The page brings together three student-facing opportunities: the LOTTE Breast Cancer Learning Journey, the REBORN Digital Health & MedTech Innovation Elective, and the Research Assistant / Gap-Year Attachment.
Featured student opportunities
These previews introduce the LOTTE and REBORN learning pathways. External links open original education articles and learning resources in a new tab.
SMA News / LOTTE education articles
Selected LOTTE writings and student learning journeys describing transdisciplinary breast cancer education, interprofessional learning, operating theatre exposure, tutorials, peer teaching and international clinical exposure.
REBORN Learning
An innovation-focused elective built around REBORN, where students learn how breast cancer education and reconstruction counselling can be translated into digital health tools through needs finding, patient journey mapping, content development, user feedback, prototyping and implementation.
A transdisciplinary clinical education experience where students learn breast cancer care through the full patient journey — from screening, diagnosis, imaging, surgery, reconstruction, oncology, recovery, and survivorship. Students are exposed to real clinical problems, interprofessional collaboration, case-based discussion, and reflective learning.
An innovation-focused elective built around REBORN, Dr Chia’s digital health platform for breast cancer and reconstruction education. Students learn how clinical needs are translated into digital health solutions, including needs finding, patient journey mapping, content development, user feedback, prototype refinement, and implementation planning. Where appropriate, students may also gain exposure to industry collaboration with partners such as MAGES Studio.
A longer-form attachment for students interested in academic surgery, breast cancer research, and medtech innovation. Students may support literature reviews, data collection, manuscript preparation, grant development, innovation projects, and clinical workflow studies, while gaining exposure to breast surgery practice and the process of translating clinical problems into research and innovation opportunities.
Student attachments
Selected students may have the opportunity to join structured learning attachments in breast surgery, digital health innovation, or research. Opportunities are dependent on institutional approval, project availability, supervision capacity, and the student’s background and learning objectives.
Students with a strong interest in breast cancer care, surgical education, digital health, medtech innovation, or clinician-led research are welcome to enquire.
“Learning breast cancer care through patients, disciplines and innovation.”