Immersive Team-Based Design in Undergraduate Bioengineering Education

 描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学伯克利分校生物工程系(BioE)正在培养下一代生物医学领导者和创新者。我们的课程包括临床沉浸式(暑期实习)、工程学沉浸式(秋季学期)和翻译沉浸式(春季学期)。更新的R25建立在与加州大学旧金山分校医疗中心、斯坦福大学医疗中心和加州大学戴维斯分校医疗中心的20个部门以及新成立的加州大学伯克利分校罗森曼研究所和新的加州大学伯克利分校雅各布斯设计创新研究所的合作伙伴关系的基础上。独一无二的方面包括：首先，通过生物医学研究员(凯普斯顿校友)和门徒S(瑞星凯普斯顿高年级学生)在临床沉浸期间发现的为期8周的临床需求，提出了未得到满足的需求。第二，在工程沉浸式中，BioE本科生与临床客户直接合作。第三，我们与上述两个新研究所合作，一个专注于工程设计(雅各布斯)，另一个专注于生物医疗设备翻译(罗森曼)。第四，我们将通过整合与随后追求STEM职业生涯相关的两个因素(自我效能和社区支持)来增强所有三个沉浸期；后一个因素与URM职业决策密切相关。我们将保留临床-工程-翻译沉浸式框架，并追求两个新目标：(1)灌输注重自我效能的工程设计方法(工程沉浸式)和(2)扩大社区参与和支持(工程学和翻译沉浸式)。在目标1中，我们将把我们的Capstone课程转变为一个完全以工作室为基础的课程，位于新的雅各布斯音乐厅。授课内容将事先录制和观看。工作室将包括实践研讨会、案例研究讨论和深入的设计评审。实时的自我评估将被开发并整合到每个工作室中，这样学生就可以得到确凿的(无可辩驳的)掌握提高自我效能的证据。在目标2中，我们将增加工程沉浸期和翻译沉浸期。我们将为每个Capstone项目添加“工程顾问”，但不会取代临床客户。工程顾问是加州大学旧金山分校罗森曼研究所的资深工程师和研究员。除了技术反馈，Advisors还将为我们的学生(特别是URM学生)提供所需的社会资本，让他们加入已建立的正式和非正式创业网络。此外，为了支持目标2，我们将不仅为项目资源提供资金支持，还将为学生在州和国家会议上展示项目成果提供财政支持，这对于建立自我效能和参与支持性技术社区至关重要(同样，这也是URM选择BioE作为职业道路的一个重要因素)。沉浸式项目结合了教学和经验培训，全面介绍了转化医学创新--目的是用临床和生物医学环境的实践工程补充理论知识。1

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): UC Berkeley's Department of Bioengineering (BioE) is educating the next cadre of biomedical leaders and innovators. Our program consists of a Clinical Immersion (summer internship), Engineering Immersion (Fall Semester Capstone), and Translational Immersion (Spring Semester) periods. The renewal R25 builds on established partnerships with >20 departments at UCSF Medical Centers, Stanford Medical, and the UC Davis Medical Centers in addition to the newly established UCSF Rosenman Institute and the new UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. Unique aspects include: first, unmet needs formulated from 8-week in-clinic needs finding during the Clinical Immersion by BioE Fellows (Capstone alumni) and Protégés (rising Capstone seniors). Second, direct teaming of BioE undergraduates with clinical "clients" during the Engineering Immersion. Third, we partner the aforementioned two new institutes, one focused on engineering design (Jacobs) and one focused on biomedical device translation (Rosenman) . Fourth, we will enhance all three Immersion periods by integrating two factors (self-efficacy and community support) that are correlated with subsequent pursuit of STEM careers; the latter factor being acutely relevant to URM career decisions. We will retain the Clinical-Engineering-Translational Immersion framework and pursue two new Aims: (1) Inculcate engineering design approaches with an emphasis on self-efficacy (Engineering Immersion) and (2) Expand community engagement and support (Engineering & Translational Immersion). In Aim 1, we will transform our Capstone course into a fully studio-based course housed in the new Jacobs Hall. Lecture content will be recorded and viewed a priori. Studios will be hands-on workshops, case study discussion, and in-depth Design Reviews. Real-time self-assessment will be developed and integrated into each studio so that students receive tangible (irrefutable) evidence of mastery to enhance self-efficacy. In Aim 2, we will enhance both the Engineering and Translational Immersion periods. We will add "Engineering Advisors" to each Capstone project, but not supplant the Clinical Client. Engineering Advisors are accomplished senior engineers and fellows of the UCSF Rosenman Institute. In addition to technical feedback, Advisors will provide societal capital needed for our students (and URM students in particular) to join established formal and informal entrepreneurial networks. Also supporting Aim 2, we will provide financial support not just for project resources but also for student presentation of project outcomes at state and national meetings, as is crit ical for establishing self-efficacy and engaging with a supportive technical community (again, an acute factor in URM selection of BioE as a career path). The Immersion program combines didactic and experiential training to provide a comprehensive introduction to translational medicine innovation -- with the aim of supplementing theoretical knowledge with hands-on engineering for clinical and biomedical environments. 1