Clinical Research Experience for Engineers (RMI)

本申请提出了一个新的本科生培训计划，名为“工程师的临床研究经验”。 Cree计划的目标是为本科生生物工程师提供所需的跨学科培训，为他们解决复杂的生物医学问题做好准备！以及他们职业生涯中的医疗保健问题。随着华盛顿大学(UW)最近增加了一个本科生生物工程专业，现在有机会扩大和 将威斯康星大学生物工程系的跨学科文化扩展到本科课程中。目前的本科生物工程课程侧重于为学生提供工程和生物科学基础的教学课程，以及密集的研究和设计项目。目前的大部分研究 生物工程专业的本科生完成的项目集中在工程和基础科学问题上。拟议中的Cree项目将为每年12名本科生工程师提供机会，在他们三年级和四年级之间的暑期做一个为期三个月的临床研究项目。他们将由一名生物工程教员和一名临床教员共同指导。在暑期实习期间，除了他们的研究项目外，他们还将参加为期一周的医疗诊断课程、每周一次的沟通技能讲习班、关于研究安全和道德的讲座以及一系列研讨会。预计在许多情况下，Cree暑期研究项目将演变为学生的高级顶峰项目。实践临床暑期研究项目将使学生了解医疗保健领域的挑战和机遇，使他们能够 了解他们如何通过新的软件、仪器、设备、药物、程序、技术等为解决复杂的临床问题做出贡献。这与现有的本科课程相结合，将为华盛顿大学的生物工程专业学生提供他们进入一流大学的博士、医学博士和医学/博士研究生课程或在生物医药行业从事工程工作所需的跨学科培训。

This application proposes a new undergraduate training program entitled "Clinical Research Experience for Engineers." The objective of the CREE program is to provide undergraduate bioengineers with the interdisciplinary training needed to prepare them for addressing complex biomedica! and health care problems in their careers. With the recent addition of an undergraduate Bioengineering program at University of Washington (UW), the opportunity now exists to extend and expand the interdisciplinary culture of the Bioengineering Department at the UW into the undergraduate curriculum. The current undergraduate Bioengineering curriculum focuses on providing the students with didactic courses in engineering and biological sciences fundamentals plus intensive research and design projects. The majority of the current research projects done by undergraduates in Bioengineering focus on engineering and basic science problems. The proposed CREE program would provide the opportunity for 12 undergraduate engineers each year to do a three-month clinical research project during the summer between their junior and senior years. They would be co-mentored by a bioengineering faculty member and a clinical faculty member. During their summer traineeship, in addition to their research project, they would also participate in a one-week course on medical diagnostics, a weekly communication skills workshop, lectures on research safety and ethics, and a seminar series. It is anticipated that in many cases the CREE summer research project will evolve into the student's senior capstone project. The hands-on clinical summer research projects will provide the students with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in health care, allowing them to see how they can contribute to solving complex clinical problems via new software, instruments, devices, drugs, procedures, technologies, etc. This, in combination with the existing undergraduate curriculum, will provide Bioengineering students at the UW with the interdisciplinary training they need to move on to Ph.D., M.D. and M.D./Ph.D.graduate programs at leading universities or to engineering jobs in the biomedical industry.