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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Courtney D. Giles

learning outcomes that would be sharedacross CEMS undergraduate programs as well as the identification and/or development ofcourses in each program that would incorporate these learning outcomes. The proposed first yearseminar would include foundational learning outcomes in each of the core competency areas:Teamwork & Leadership, Communication, Ethics in the Profession, and Data Dexterity.3. Course Development ProcessThe CEMS-050 First Year Seminar course development began in Fall 2019 and continuedthrough Summer 2020 with the goal of offering the course for the first time in Fall 2020. Theinitial framework for the course was inspired by (1) an existing first year seminar for engineeringstudents, (2) input from an interdisciplinary cohort of

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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enhance undergraduate exposure totechnical communication, ethics, and what has been called the social determinants that influence engineering design. This work-in-progress paper will report on early results from this experiment. Specifically, the report will focus on the use of interactive medical cases asa pedagogical method to integrate communication, ethics, and social determinants in biomedical design education.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the social determinants of health are “conditions in the places where peoplelive, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and outcomes.” These conditions include healthcare access and quality;education; economic stability; neighborhoods, geography, and built