Enhanced Design Experiences for Duke BME Students

简介（由申请人提供）：摘要设计和基于项目的学习是杜克大学本科生物医学工程项目的重要组成部分。设计经验的高潮在一个学期的设计课程采取了在大四。学生们从五门一学期的设计课程中进行选择。这些课程按主题划分。每节课都要求学生设计、建造和测试一个生物医学设备，或评估一种治疗或过程。每门课程都要求学生设计、建造和测试一个生物医学设备或过程。学生提供口头报告和书面报告，以记录进展和里程碑。本学期的高潮是BME设计博览会，项目将向整个学院的教师和学生展示。所有的设计课程都为每个学生提供了发挥创造力的机会，利用他们积累的知识，开发对生物医学工程社区有价值的仪器、工具或设备。每门课程的共同内容涉及标准、道德和知识产权。我们的目标是创造BME设计和翻译的综合体验，以便学生有机会参与设计过程的各个方面，包括需求发现，项目识别，设计，原型制作和早期翻译。为了提高杜克大学生物医学工程专业学生的设计经验，我们将(1)开设一门关于医疗器械创新的课程，通过案例研究和特邀客座讲座，学生将学习识别成功的生物医学设备的关键特征以及临床需求影响设备设计的方式；(2)建立临床需求发现实习项目，由参加过医疗器械创新课程的BME应届大四学生和工程硕士学生在杜克医院进行临床需求发现和项目识别，并制定设计项目主题；(3)创建一个正式的高级实验室设计课程，团队在其中充分验证他们的设计，提供详细的产品规格，并进行初步市场评估和临时专利申请；(4)将BME设计经验与杜克大学技术翻译和创业活动的课程和课外活动相结合。参加本课程的学生将有资格获得认可详细设计经验的证书。这些变化将为学生提供更广泛的项目；更紧密地将项目与临床应用联系起来，并允许学生更多地参与设计过程的各个阶段。来自BME和临床科室的教师团队将组织该项目，确定临床需求，寻找经验并提供指导。我们将每年与一个顾问委员会评估该项目，该委员会将审查学生的项目，并对完成该项目的学生进行调查。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract Design and project-based learning are critical components of the undergraduate Biomedical Engineering program at Duke University. The design experience culminates in a semester-long design course taken during the senior year. Students select from a set of five one-semester design courses. These courses are divided topically. Each class requires the student to design, build, and test a biomedical device, or evaluate a therapy or process. Each course requires that the student design, build, and test a biomedical device or process. Students provide oral presentations and written reports to document progress and milestones. The semester culminates with a BME Design Fair, at which projects are presented to faculty and students from the entire School. All design courses provide each student the opportunity to be creative, to use the knowledge they have accumulated, and to develop an instrument, tool, or device that is of value to the Biomedical Engineering community. Common content in each course addresses standards, ethics, and intellectual property. Our goal is to create an integrated experience of BME design and translation so that students have the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the design process including needs finding, project identification, design, prototyping and early stage translation. To enhance the design experience of biomedical engineering students at Duke we will (1) create a course on Medical Device Innovation, through case studies and invited guest lectures, students will learn to identify the key features of successful biomedical devices and the ways in which clinical needs affect device design; (2) establish a clinical needs finding practicum in which rising seniors and Master of Engineering students in BME, who have taken the medical device innovation course, engage in clinical needs finding and project identification at Duke Hospital and develop design project topics; (3) create a formal advanced lab-based design course in which teams fully validate their design, provide detailed product specifications, and develop an initial market assessment and provisional patent application; and (4) integrate the BME design experience with curricular and co-curricular activities in technology translation and entrepreneurship activities at Duke. Students enrolled in this program will be eligible for a certificate recognizing the detailed design experience. These changes will provide a wider range of projects for students; more closely link the projects to clinical applications, and allow students greater involvement in all stages of the design process. A faculty team from BME and clinical departments will organize the program, identify clinical needs finding experiences and provide mentoring. We will assess the program annually with an advisory board that will review student projects as well as surveys of students who complete the program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will provide advanced training for BME seniors and first year graduate students on various aspects of biomedical device needs identification, design and development. As such, the training is expected to better prepare students to be professional engineers and facilitate the development of new devices for clinically important problems.