Improving Biomedical Engineering Education Through Continuity in Adaptive, Experiential, and Interdisciplinary Learning Environments

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Anita SinghSusan Mills

Abstract

This study reports our experience of developing a series of biomedical engineering (BME) courses having active and experiential learning components in an interdisciplinary learning environment. In the first course, BME465: biomechanics, students were immersed in a simulation laboratory setting involving mannequins that are currently used for teaching in the School of Nursing. Each team identified possible technological challenges directly related to the biomechanics of the mannequin and presented an improvement overcoming the challenge. This approach of exposing engineering students to a problem in a clinical learning environment enhanced the adaptive and experiential learning capabilities of the course. In the following semester, through BME448: medical devices, engineering students were partnered with nursing students and exposed to simulation scenarios and real-world clinical settings. They were required to identify three unmet needs in the real-world clinical settings and propose a viable engineering solution. This approach helped BME students to understand and employ real-world applications of engineering principles in problem solving while being exposed to an interdisciplinary collaborative environment. A final step was f...Continue Reading

References

Jan 1, 1993·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·M A Albanese, S Mitchell
Oct 1, 2003·IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine : the Quarterly Magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society·Robert J Roselli, Sean P Brophy
Aug 13, 2005·Journal of Interprofessional Care·Marcel D'Eon
May 19, 2010·Annals of Biomedical Engineering·Wendy C NewstetterBarbara B Fasse
Oct 17, 2012·Journal of Interprofessional Care·Aimee Elizabeth Ann KingRami A Ahmed
Dec 5, 2012·American Journal of Preventive Medicine·Youseph Yazdi
May 4, 2017·Journal of Biomechanical Engineering·Anita Singh

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Oct 30, 2019·Journal of Biomechanical Engineering·Anita SinghSriram Balasubramanian
Aug 5, 2020·Journal of Biomechanical Engineering·Anita SinghSriram Balasubramanian
Dec 1, 2020·Medical Teacher·Joanne KuaRoger A Edwards
Mar 30, 2021·Biomedical Engineering Education·Ellen Brennan-PierceJulie Dunn

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Biomechanics

Biomechanics examines the generation of internal forces within the body and investigates the effects and control of forces that act on or are produced on tissues. Here are the latest discoveries.