Physics in Medicine: Active Learning Tools for Undergraduate Physics Courses Developed in a Joint Collaboration of STEM Scientists and Medical Experts

医学物理：STEM 科学家和医学专家联合开发的本科物理课程主动学习工具

• 批准号: 1141078
• 负责人: Ralf Widenhorn
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Portland State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1141078&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Physics; Medicine; Active; Learning; Tools

This project aims to satisfy the increasing need for medical physics course material that is accessible to undergraduate STEM and health science majors, and it links the teaching of physics to important applications in the medical field. The primary goal of this project is to develop educational material for medical applications in physics. The resulting materials are modular and can be used as a whole in a specialized "Physics in Medicine" course or in part for introductory physics classes. Six modules are being developed for important medical topics like electrocardiography, optical instruments, ultrasound imaging, laser eye surgery, radiation, and magnetic resonance imaging.The outcome of this project results in worksheets for group discussions, medical physics laboratory exercises, homework assignments, in-class activities, use with existing computer-based physics simulations, and formative and summative assessments to evaluate students' understanding. The development of these teaching materials is being done in a collaboration of experts from the fields of physics and medicine to foster opportunities for students to apply interdisciplinary critical reasoning skills. Student learning is being evaluated by utilizing both formative and summative pre and post assessments of skills, knowledge, and attitudes for each of the learning modules (6 assessments total). In collaboration with the PIs, the external evaluator is developing a student evaluation of the course which is used to make adjustments of the modules and to help judge their overall success in teaching this material. The advisory board. consisting of experts in medicine and physics. is providing further guidance on the soundness of the developed material. All course materials produced during the project are being disseminated to educators via the "Physics in Medicine" course website and commercial partners. Subsequently, reports on learning outcomes are being prepared for peer-reviewed journal articles and presentations at academic conferences.

该项目旨在满足对本科STEM和健康科学专业的医学物理课程材料日益增长的需求，并将物理学教学与医学领域的重要应用联系起来。 该项目的主要目标是开发物理学医学应用的教育材料。生成的材料是模块化的，可以作为一个整体用于专业的“医学物理”课程，也可以部分用于物理入门课程。 目前正在为重要的医学主题开发六个模块，如心电图，光学仪器，超声成像，激光眼科手术，辐射和磁共振成像。该项目的成果包括小组讨论，医学物理实验室练习，家庭作业，课堂活动，使用现有的基于计算机的物理模拟，以及形成性和总结性评估，以评估学生的理解。 这些教材的编写是在物理学和医学领域专家的合作下进行的，目的是为学生提供运用跨学科批判性推理技能的机会。学生的学习是通过利用形成性和总结性的前和后评估的技能，知识和态度的每个学习模块（共6个评估）进行评估。外部评价员与项目研究员合作，正在制定学生对课程的评价，用于调整单元，并帮助判断他们在教授这一材料方面的总体成功。顾问委员会。由医学和物理学专家组成。正在就所开发材料的合理性提供进一步指导。该项目期间制作的所有课程材料正在通过“医学物理学”课程网站和商业伙伴分发给教育工作者。随后，正在编写关于学习成果的报告，供同行审查的期刊文章和在学术会议上发言。