An Experiential Learning Based Design Program in Rehabilitation Engineering.
An Experiential Learning Based Design Program in Rehabilitation Engineering.
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10.1007/s43683-022-00091-2
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2023-07
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Ross, Edward A
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Pal, Sudeshna;Steiner, Mark;Kassab, Alain J;Pabian, Patrick;Golden, Adam;Ross, Edward A
In recent years, Biomedical Engineering (BME) undergraduate programs have adopted clinical immersion (CI) programs in their curriculum to provide students with better exposure to clinical settings and engineering needs in medicine. Most of these CI programs are geared toward the broad field of BME. 7 This article describes an experiential learning based design program focused on the BME subfield of Rehabilitation Engineering (RE). RE is a sub-discipline of BME that applies engineering principles in the design and development of devices that assist, improve, or restore lost functionalities of the disabled. 8 The program elaborated in this article includes didactic and experiential coursework structured to inspire and educate engineering students on a BME career path in RE.Experiential learning, as described by Kolb, is a learning process where knowledge is created through the four stages of experience, observation, reflection and action. 5 In BME education, some of the activities in CI courses align with the experiential learning model. These CI courses are beneficial in training students to be better prepared and effective in solving real-world problems, improving the application of classroom knowledge to real-life settings, and training students to identify suitable user-based design needs in clinical settings. 1, 7, 11 Recently, the emphasis placed by