Multidisciplinary Team-Based Design Education to Create Biomedical Engineering In

描述（由申请人提供）：行业调查和学术研究证实，即将毕业的工程师对开发满足客户需求的新产品所需的工作类型准备不足。马奎特大学生物医学工程系正在对其现有的本科设计课程提出具体的增强措施，以提高生物医学工程毕业生的准备，以设计，开发和商业化新的医疗设备和技术，这将显着影响公共卫生。这些改进将扩大和建立在现有的合作与威斯康星州，密尔沃基艺术与设计学院，牙科的马奎特大学学院，以及其他学院在马奎特大学。该项目的目标是帮助学生进一步发展1）与多学科项目团队中的不同人员合作所需的人际交往和沟通技能，2）了解医疗器械设计的经济，法律的，监管，环境和文化/社会限制，及3）与医疗及牙科专业人士合作，以识别未满足的临床需求及新产品开发机会的能力8。拟议的增强功能将最终导致对整个产品开发过程的更好理解，并能够将新设备和技术从实验室转化为床边。 该项目的具体目标包括：1）为所有生物医学工程专业的学生增加机会，扩大他们对临床环境和用户需求的了解，并培养问题识别和需求发现技能，2）提高学生管理项目的准备，通过多学科团队的项目经验，成功地翻译和商业化他们的设计理念，3）扩大学生对整个产品开发过程的知识和经验，4）扩大学生对知识产权，产品责任，设计标准的使用，法规要求以及其他设计问题和限制的知识，5）为学生提供更多的机会去开发设计解决方案，结束的问题，可以显着改善医疗服务不足的人群或帮助一个单一的客户与未满足的需求，向学生展示他们的工作，作为生物医学工程师可以直接改善公共卫生，造福他人的生命。拟议项目的目标将通过临床沉浸活动，课程变化，包括新的教学模块，并增加项目团队的多学科性质来实现。 生物医学工程师和牙科学校教师和工业设计学生之间的合作是拟议计划的一个创新，独特的方面。此外，在本科阶段提供的临床观察机会和参与高级设计课程的项目团队的高度多学科性质使拟议的计划独一无二。 公共卫生相关性：在研究生工程师的研究中发现的能力差距是团队合作，沟通，业务技能/知识，以及与不同的多学科群体互动的能力。有一种普遍的感觉是，“虽然工程专业的毕业生精通技术，但有时他们缺乏软技能科学方面的培训。为了培养工程师开发创新的新产品和技术，美国各地的工程学校需要培养的毕业生不仅要有很强的技术技能，而且要有能力“作为团队的一部分工作，良好的沟通，并了解其专业活动的经济，社会，环境和国际背景。“拟议的增强将更好地准备生物医学工程毕业生，以确定医疗保健需求和新产品开发的机会，并翻译和商业化他们的设计理念。此外，多学科团队解决问题的方法可以产生更多样化和可能更好的解决方案，满足包括残疾人在内的得不到充分服务的人口（国内和全球）的需求，从而对公共卫生产生重大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Industry surveys and academic studies confirm that graduating engineers are inadequately prepared for the type of work required to develop new products that meet customer needs. The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University is proposing specific enhancements to its existing undergraduate design curriculum to improve the preparation of biomedical engineering graduates to design, develop, and commercialize new medical devices and technologies that will significantly impact public health. These enhancements will expand and build upon existing collaborations with the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, the Marquette University School of Dentistry, and other colleges within Marquette University. The goal of this project is to help students further develop 1) the interpersonal and communication skills needed to work with diverse personnel within multidisciplinary project teams, 2) an understanding of the economic, legal, regulatory, environmental, and cultural/social constraints of medical device design, and 3) the ability to work with medical and dental professionals to identify unmet clinical needs and opportunities for new product development8. The proposed enhancements will ultimately result in a better understanding of the entire product development process and an ability to translate new devices and technologies from the laboratory to the bedside. Specific aims of this project include 1) increasing opportunities for all biomedical engineering students to expand their knowledge of the clinical environment and user needs, and develop problem identification and needs finding skills, 2) improving the preparation of students to manage projects to successfully translate and commercialize their design ideas through multidisciplinary team-based project experiences, 3) expanding students' knowledge of and experience with the entire product development process, 4) expanding students' knowledge of intellectual property, product liability, the use of standards in design, regulatory requirements, and other design issues and constraints, and 5) providing students with more opportunities to develop design solutions to open-ended problems that can significantly improve health care in underserved populations or help a single client with unmet needs to show students how their work as biomedical engineers can directly improve public health and benefit the lives of others. Goals of the proposed project will be achieved through clinical immersion activities, curricular changes including new teaching modules, and increasing the multidisciplinary nature of project teams. Collaborations between biomedical engineers and dental school faculty and industrial design students are an innovative, unique aspect of the proposed program. In addition, the clinical observation opportunities available at the undergraduate level and the highly multidisciplinary nature of the project teams involved in the senior design course makes the proposed program unique. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Among the competency gaps identified in studies of graduate engineers were teamwork, communication, business skills/knowledge, and an ability to interact with diverse multidisciplinary groups. There is a common feeling that "while engineering graduates are technically savvy, sometimes they lack training in the science of soft skills." To prepare engineers to develop innovative new products and technologies, engineering schools throughout the United States need to produce graduates with not only strong technical skills, but also the ability "to work as part of teams, communicate well, and understand the economic, social, environmental, and international context of their professional activity." The proposed enhancements will better prepare biomedical engineering graduates to identify healthcare needs and opportunities for new product development, and translate and commercialize their design ideas. Further, a multidisciplinary team approach to problem solving can significantly impact public health by producing more diverse and potentially better solutions that address the needs of underserved populations (domestic and global) including people with disabilities.