This part of the toolkit is designed specifically for physicians, surgeons, and other clinicians who treat patients with neurotechnologies. Based on evidence from 105 interviews with key neurotechnology stakeholders, this toolkit equips clinicians with the knowledge, strategies, and resources needed to collaborate effectively with industry partners.

The toolkit also provides guidance on how to effectively engage with patients whose care may be affected by their clinician’s partnerships with industry. Understanding how to strategically engage with these stakeholders can enhance your career, benefit your patients, and support the impact of new neurotechnologies.

Clinicians Need New Knowledge and Skills to Navigate Industry Partnerships

Clinicians like you possess unique expertise and play an important role in advancing neurotechnology development for patient care. However, refining and cultivating widespread adoption of new neurotechnologies are complex processes that require effective coordination and communication with various stakeholders. These stakeholders, such as your patients and industry partners, may have different priorities and expectations.

To successfully and responsibly navigate interactions with patients and industry partners, clinicians must develop new skills and adopt novel strategies not typically learned during formal medical education. How clinicians leverage the perspectives of other stakeholders has direct implications for the long-term success of their partnerships with industry the safe and efficacious integration of neurotechnologies into clinical practice.

Use Each Resource Collection to Enhance Your Role in Neurotechnology Development and Patient Care

Six resource collections are available, each addressing a common challenge or blind spot that clinicians face when simultaneously partnering with industry and treating patients. Each resource collection contains an article with downloadable tools for implementing high-value practices and strategies that set clinicians up for success in industry partnerships. For resource collections related to neurotechnology industry partnerships in research settings, check out our page for neurotechnology researchers.

1. Collaborating with Industry: A Primer for Clinicians Who Treat Patients with Neurotechnology
2. Navigating Interactions with the Neurotechnology Industry: Guidance for Clinicians
3. Evaluating Neurotechnology for Clinical Care
4. Neural Data: Ensuring Proper Security and Responsible Use
5. Patient Consultation, Communication, and Managing Public Perceptions about Neurotechnology
6. Continuity of Neurotechnology-Enabled Care for the Long-Term

Downloadable Tools

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