Team-Based Design of Assistive Technology Devices

项目摘要 这一拟议的教育计划的目标是培养和创造一个生物医学工程的劳动力 能够识别和解决残疾人对辅助技术设备的需求。 培训将围绕满足需求的辅助技术设备的设计和开发展开 残疾人，不被用户抛弃，并表明理解 与使用辅助技术相关的社会、伦理、环境和技术挑战 装置.我们提出了一个独特的教育计划，旨在使本科生物医学工程 学生在团队环境中设计此类辅助技术设备。实施两 本科课程，夏季临床浸泡和几个社区浸泡活动，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 2）提供与采用和使用辅助工具相关的独特的整体生物医学培训 3）通过临床和社区提供有关辅助技术设备需求的培训 沉浸体验。该教育计划将在合作伙伴之间提供的大学 肯塔基州F. Joseph Halcomb III医学博士，生物医学工程系，物理系 医学和康复，以及人类发展研究所（一个全州范围的推广网络， 肯塔基州的残疾人）。该计划的每个周期将持续一年，并将从春季学期开始 与辅助器具的设计和使用相关的社会、技术、道德和经济挑战课程 技术设备。与人类发展研究所作为项目合作伙伴，参与的学生将 能够完成几个社区沉浸活动作为本课程的一部分，其中他们将密切 观察从业人员、残疾人及其家庭成员之间的互动。一个夏天 临床沉浸也将提供作为拟议计划的一部分，其中12名本科生 工程专业学生（10名来自生物医学工程专业）将完成200小时的临床观察活动 Cardinal Hill康复医院（Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital）参与者将接受培训， 临床和社区沉浸体验期间未解决的辅助技术设备需求。 然后，学员将接受指导，为选定数量的生物医学工程解决方案设计和制作原型。 确定的辅助技术需求。指导时将特别考虑用户需求 学生团队在他们的项目。拟议的教育计划将由一个三人小组领导。 具有互补的工程、临床和社区专业知识的董事，他们已经成功地进行了试点 在2019-2020学年的拟议方案。非工科学生的参与， 将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.