Team-Based Design of Assistive Technology Devices

项目摘要 这一教育计划的目标是培养和造就一支生物医学工程队伍。 能够识别和满足残疾人的辅助技术设备需求。 培训将围绕满足需求的辅助技术设备的设计和开发展开 没有被用户遗弃，并且表明了对 与使用辅助技术相关的社会、伦理、环境和技术挑战 设备。我们提出了一个独特的教育计划，旨在使本科生能够进行生物医学工程 让学生在团队环境中设计这样的辅助技术设备。实施两个 本科课程，一个暑期临床沉浸和几个社区沉浸活动，我们将 通过完成三个具体目标来实现我们的目标：1)提供基于多学科团队的设计 经验，2)提供与采用和使用辅助剂相关的独特的整体生物医学培训 技术设备，3)通过临床和社区提供关于辅助技术设备需求的培训 沉浸体验。这一教育项目将与加州大学合作提供 首页--期刊主要分类--期刊细介绍--期刊题录与文摘--文摘内容 医学和康复，以及人类发展研究所(全州范围的人员扩展网络 肯塔基州的残疾人)。该项目的每个周期为一年，从春季学期开始 关于设计和使用辅助剂的社会、技术、伦理和经济挑战的课程 科技设备。与人类发展研究所作为项目合作伙伴，参与的学生将 作为本课程的一部分，能够完成几个社区浸入式活动，在这些活动中，他们将密切 观察从业者、残疾人及其家庭成员之间的互动。一个夏天 临床浸入式也将作为拟议课程的一部分提供，其中12名本科生 工科学生(生物医学工程专业10名)将完成200小时的临床观察活动 在当地的康复医院(红衣主教山康复医院)。参与者将接受培训，以识别 临床和社区沉浸体验期间未解决的辅助技术设备需求。 受训人员随后将接受指导，为选定的数量的生物医学工程解决方案设计并制作原型 已确定的辅助技术需求。在指导时将特别考虑用户的需求 学生团队在他们的项目中。拟议的教育项目将由一个三人项目团队领导 具有互补的工程、临床和社区专业知识并已成功试运行的董事 在2019-2020学年期间对拟议的课程进行评估。非工科学生的参与， 鼓励残疾学生和少数民族学生。最后，项目评估将由 人类发展研究所评价股。

Project Summary The goal of this proposed educational program is to train and create a biomedical engineering workforce capable of identifying and addressing the assistive technology device needs of persons with disabilities. Training will revolve around the design and development of assistive technology devices that satisfy the needs of persons with disabilities, are not abandoned by the user, and which demonstrate an understanding of the social, ethical, environmental, and technical challenges associated with the use of assistive technology devices. We propose a unique educational program aimed at enabling undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students to design such assistive technology devices in a team-based environment. Implementing two undergraduate courses, a summer clinical immersion and several community immersion activities, we will achieve our goal by completing three specific aims: 1) To provide a multidisciplinary team-based design experience, 2) To provide a unique holistic biomedical training associated with adoption and use of assistive technology devices, 3) To provide training in assistive technology device needs through clinical and community immersion experiences. This educational program will be offered in a partnership between the University of Kentucky F. Joseph Halcomb III MD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Human Development Institute (a statewide extension network for persons with disabilities in Kentucky). Each cycle of the program will take one year and will start with a spring semester course on social, technical, ethical, and economic challenges associated with design and use of assistive technology devices. With the Human Development Institute as a program partner, participating students will be able to complete several community immersion activities as a part of this course wherein they will closely observe the interactions between practitioners, persons with disabilities and their family members. A summer clinical immersion will also be offered as a part of the proposed program wherein 12 undergraduate engineering students (10 from Biomedical Engineering) will complete 200 hours of clinical observation activities at a local rehabilitation hospital (Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital). Participants will be trained to identify unaddressed assistive technology device needs during clinical and community immersion experiences. Trainees will then be coached to design and prototype biomedical engineering solutions for a select number of the identified assistive technology needs. A special consideration will be given to user needs when guiding student teams in their projects. The proposed educational program will be led by a team of three program directors with complementary engineering, clinical, and community expertise who have piloted a successful run of the proposed program during the 2019-2020 academic year. Participation of non-engineering students, students with disabilities and minority students will be encouraged. Finally, program evaluation will be led by the Evaluation Unit of the Human Development Institute.