Acute and Critical Care Engineering (ACCE) Training Program

项目摘要 急性和重症监护是一个时间敏感的医疗专业，提供者利用生物医学技术 在发生危及生命的事故或突发事件后， 紧急医疗急性和危重病占医院费用的约40%，突出了正在进行的 需要新的生物医学创新，可以帮助提供者做出快速的临床决策，诊断，监测， 救治危重伤员。然而，急性和危重病护理的复杂性和紧迫性 提出了独特的技术和工程挑战，大多数工程师目前没有接受过解决这些问题的培训。 这个新的急性和危重病护理工程（ACCE）培训计划的目标是装备工程 博士生合作开发，测试和商业化的医疗创新，实现独特的 急性和重症监护技术的设计和工程要求。该项目将为学员提供 具有关键工程原理和技术的基础;了解临床和技术 急性和重症监护中的问题;以及严格的研究和商业化技能， 将易于使用的即时护理工具送到患者床边。我们将招收2名博士前工程学生 每个学员都将在2年内完成ACCE课程。 这个跨学科的计划将共同安置在工程学院和韦尔研究所， 重症监护研究和创新，汇集了工程，医学和其他学科。 ACCE计划的目标是：1）提供协调的跨学科研究导师从一个主要的 工程学院的导师和医学院的至少一名二级导师; 2）提供 根据学员的技术重点（卫生信息技术，诊断/监测工具， 或治疗设备），每个轨道包括工程，设计和生物医学课程， 技术领域; 3）提供对独特的临床环境和技术需求的有价值的见解， 通过我们的ACCE临床沉浸计划提供急性和重症护理; 4）提供针对性的培训， 通过每两个月一次的ACCE设计工作室，了解急性和重症监护技术的独特设计要求; 5） 提供产品开发和商业化方面的课程、指导和研讨会， 可选的生物医学行业实习，以确保学员了解生物医学的主要原则 翻译; 6）通过其他ACCE活动提供跨学科网络和反馈的机会 （期刊俱乐部，年度研讨会）;和7）提供职业发展和领导力课程 强调负责任的研究行为，严谨性和可重复性，合作，口头和书面 沟通，并授予写作技巧。由于独特的机会，技能和知识提供的 ACCE计划，我们预计毕业生将非常抢手的学术和行业研究职位。

PROJECT SUMMARY Acute and critical care is a time-sensitive medical specialty where providers leverage biomedical technologies to save severely ill and injured patients and restore their functioning after a life-threatening accident or sudden medical emergency. Acute and critical conditions account for ~40% of hospital costs, highlighting the ongoing need for new biomedical innovations that can help providers make rapid clinical decisions, diagnose, monitor, and treat critically ill and injured patients. However, the complex and urgent nature of acute and critical care presents distinct technical and engineering challenges that most engineers are not currently trained to address. The goal of this new Acute and Critical Care Engineering (ACCE) Training Program is to equip Engineering doctoral students to collaboratively develop, test, and commercialize medical innovations that fulfill the unique design and engineering requirements of acute and critical care technologies. This program will provide trainees with a foundation in key engineering principles and techniques; understanding of the clinical and technological issues in acute and critical care; and rigorous research and commercialization skills to translate rapid, precise, easy-to-use, point-of-care tools to the patient bedside. We will enroll 2 pre-doctoral Engineering students each year (typically in their second year of graduate education), and each trainee will complete ACCE over 2 years. This interdisciplinary program will be jointly housed in the College of Engineering and the Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, bringing together engineering, medical, and other disciplines. ACCE Program objectives are: 1) provide coordinated interdisciplinary research mentorship from a primary mentor in the College of Engineering and at least one secondary mentor in the Medical School; 2) provide tailored curriculum tracks based on trainees’ technological focus (either health IT, diagnostic/monitoring tools, or therapeutic devices), with each track comprising engineering, design, and biomedical coursework relevant to the technology area; 3) provide valuable insights into the unique clinical setting and technological needs within acute and critical care through our ACCE Clinical Immersion Program; 4) provide targeted training in the unique design requirements of acute and critical care technologies via a bi-monthly ACCE Design Studio; 5) provide coursework, guidance and workshops in product development and commercialization as well as optional biomedical industry internships to ensure trainees understand major principles of biomedical translation; 6) provide opportunities for interdisciplinary networking and feedback through other ACCE events (Journal Club, Annual Symposium); and 7) provide career development and leadership curriculum emphasizing responsible conduct of research, rigor and reproducibility, collaboration, oral and written communication, and grant writing skills. Due to the unique opportunities, skills, and knowledge provided by the ACCE Program, we expect graduates will be highly sought after for academic and industry research positions.