Ellen P Brennan-Pierce, Susan G Stanton, Julie A Dunn
{"title":"Insights from a Virtual Clinical Immersion Program.","authors":"Ellen P Brennan-Pierce, Susan G Stanton, Julie A Dunn","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00156-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s43683-024-00156-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clinical immersion programs provide opportunities for biomedical engineering (BME) students to observe the clinical environment and medical devices in use, often leading to the identification of unmet clinical needs. Due to hospital restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person clinical immersion programs were generally not possible in summer 2020. Therefore, a six-week virtual clinical immersion program ran that summer. The program included meetings with guest clinicians and medical device sales representatives twice per week, and a group discussion held once per week. The meetings incorporated de-identified videos of medical procedures, clinician commentary of the videos, live video tours of hospital areas, clinician presentations, presentations and demonstrations by medical device sales representatives, and opportunities for discussions with these guests. The meetings were recorded and saved to create a Virtual Clinical Immersion Library. Pre and post program student self-assessment surveys showed significant increases in five ABET learning outcomes, two BME learning outcomes, and four program-specific learning outcomes. Post-graduation survey results of alumni from this program showed that all respondents had secured a job in the biomedical/engineering field or postgraduate education less than three months after graduation. These alumni are currently employed in the fields of biomedical products, healthcare, research and development, higher education, biotech, consulting, pharmaceutical, and other engineering. Overall, this virtual clinical immersion program filled a gap caused by COVID-19 pandemic closures and provided many benefits to the students that participated. The virtual program also provides an enduring library of video resources for current and future BME students.</p>","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"5 1","pages":"37-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143525361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Practical Research Methods Course That Teaches How to Be a Successful Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student","authors":"Samuel A. Acuña","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00135-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00135-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"339 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141386146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lyn Denend, Ross Venook, Ravinder D. Pamnani, Kunj Sheth, Joseph A. Towles
{"title":"Lessons from Developing a Rubric for Evaluating Need Statements on Health Technology Innovation Projects","authors":"Lyn Denend, Ross Venook, Ravinder D. Pamnani, Kunj Sheth, Joseph A. Towles","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00153-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00153-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"33 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141270468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Undergraduate Students’ Engineering Systems Thinking in Synthetic Biology Design: A Qualitative Descriptive Study","authors":"Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Tamara J. Moore","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00151-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00151-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joie N. Marhefka, Shirley Campbell, Amy Kuntz, Laura E. Cruz
{"title":"Coming Full Circle: The 360° Experience for Biomedical Engineering Technology Students","authors":"Joie N. Marhefka, Shirley Campbell, Amy Kuntz, Laura E. Cruz","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00152-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00152-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140967303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incorporating a Hands-On Device-Based Activity in a Human Factors Biomedical Engineering Course in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"A. Vweza, Sara Mehta, M. Wettergreen, A. Saterbak","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00147-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00147-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"7 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141010805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth A. Bullard, Christina R. Dubell, Charles Patrick, Frances S. Ligler, Mike McShane
{"title":"Enhancing Student Engagement in the Graduate Seminar by Scaffolding Active Learning Activities","authors":"Elizabeth A. Bullard, Christina R. Dubell, Charles Patrick, Frances S. Ligler, Mike McShane","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00144-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00144-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"27 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141015876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica L. S. Zylla, A. Bomgni, Rajesh K. Sani, M. Subramaniam, Carol Lushbough, Robb Winter, V. Gadhamshetty, P. Chundi, Etienne Z. Gnimpieba
{"title":"Convergence Research and Training in Computational Bioengineering: A Case Study on AI/ML-Driven Biofilm–Material Interaction Discovery","authors":"Jessica L. S. Zylla, A. Bomgni, Rajesh K. Sani, M. Subramaniam, Carol Lushbough, Robb Winter, V. Gadhamshetty, P. Chundi, Etienne Z. Gnimpieba","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00146-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00146-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"47 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140666415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David B. Knight, Dustin M. Grote, Timothy Kinoshita, Maura Borrego
{"title":"PhD Student Funding Patterns: Placing Biomedical, Biological, and Biosystems Engineering in the Context of Engineering Sub-disciplines, Biological Sciences, and Other STEM Disciplines","authors":"David B. Knight, Dustin M. Grote, Timothy Kinoshita, Maura Borrego","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00142-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00142-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"120 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140381199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Padraic Casserly, Ademola Dare, Joy Onuh, Williams Baah, Ashley Taylor
{"title":"Leveraging an Open-Access Digital Design Notebook for Graduate Biomedical Engineering Education in Nigeria","authors":"Padraic Casserly, Ademola Dare, Joy Onuh, Williams Baah, Ashley Taylor","doi":"10.1007/s43683-024-00136-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00136-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72385,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical engineering education","volume":"70 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140238172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}