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的生物工程系（BioE）正在培养下一批生物医学领导者和创新者。我们的课程包括临床沉浸（夏季实习），工程沉浸（秋季学期顶点）和翻译沉浸（春季学期）。更新R25建立在与UCSF医疗中心，斯坦福大学医学和加州大学戴维斯分校医疗中心的20多个部门建立的合作伙伴关系的基础上，此外还有新成立的UCSF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。独特的方面包括：首先，未满足的需求是由BioE Fellows（Capstone校友）和Protégés（Capstone前辈）在临床沉浸期间发现的8周临床需求。第二，在工程沉浸期间，BioE本科生与临床“客户”直接合作。第三，我们与上述两个新机构合作，一个专注于工程设计（Jacobs），另一个专注于生物医学设备翻译（Rosenman）。第四，我们将通过整合与随后追求STEM职业相关的两个因素（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转化沉浸框架，并追求两个新的目标：（1）灌输工程设计方法，强调自我效能（工程沉浸）和（2）扩大社区参与和支持（工程和转化沉浸）。在目标1中，我们将把我们的顶点课程变成一个完全基于工作室的课程，位于新的雅各布大厅。讲座内容将被记录并事先查看。工作室将是实践研讨会，案例研究讨论和深入的设计评论。实时自我评估将被开发并整合到每个工作室，使学生获得掌握的有形（无可辩驳的）证据，以提高自我效能。在目标2中，我们将加强工程和翻译沉浸时间。我们将在每个Capstone项目中添加“工程顾问”，但不会取代临床客户。工程顾问是有成就的高级工程师和加州大学旧金山分校罗森曼研究所的研究员。除了技术反馈，顾问将为我们的学生（特别是URM学生）提供加入正式和非正式创业网络所需的社会资本。还支持目标2，我们将提供财政支持，不仅为项目资源，而且为学生在州和国家会议上展示项目成果，这对于建立自我效能感和参与支持性技术社区至关重要（再次，URM选择BioE作为职业道路的一个急性因素）。沉浸式课程结合了教学和体验式培训，为转化医学创新提供全面的介绍-旨在为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