Conference Session

Clinical, Patient, and Innovation Experiences in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Margaret J. Slattery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Biomedical

Paper ID #18274Impact of a Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Research Program onStudent and Faculty Perceptions of CreativityMegan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University Megan Huffstickler is an Educational Psychology graduate student at Penn State who is interested in student learning in STEM fields.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Senior Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning and Motivation in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

(Roehl et al., 2013). Even so,students may not value cooperative learning or find it to be a positive experience because of theirdesire to get “correct” information from the instructor that they can memorize after class(Herreid, 2013). This idea is supported by the focus group responses desiring online videos or in-person lectures instead of or in addition to online reading and web-based resources. In anengineering class focusing on problem-solving approaches, it is challenging to help studentsdevelop an intuitive sense for risk-taking and innovation when multiple problem-solvingtechniques are possible. Although the flipped course structure with many low-stakes practiceproblems should have encouraged students to try approaches with low risk of

Conference Session

Clinical, Patient, and Innovation Experiences in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Cavanagh, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

of this effort was less about understanding the patient experience from abusiness or technology design perspective, but much more about actually understanding what itis like to be a patient with cancer. Following an introductory discussion in class on what steps ofthe disease and intervention pathways would be most challenging to patients, students exploredwhat feelings, decisions, conversations, events, etc. patients might experience along the diseaseand intervention pathways. Students were encouraged to explore the various aspects of the livesof the patients that could be affected such as finances, jobs, family, physical abilities, socialinteractions, etc. After creating a sequence of at least fifteen of these feelings, events, etc

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma K. Frow, Arizona State University; Barbara S. Smith, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Biomedical

include primingstudents for subsequent ‘design spine’ courses and their final-year BME capstone experience, anddeveloping interactive project-based teaching at scale. The two faculty who teach this course(Frow, Smith) have co-developed the content over the past two years; we also meet biweeklyduring the academic year with faculty members teaching the other BME ‘design spine’ courses, tocoordinate program content and learning outcomes across courses.Our semester-long course focuses on global healthcare markets and device design for low-resourcesettings. The course revolves around an open-ended, team-based design project (Smith et al. 2005).A core aim is to foster curiosity and creativity1 in students’ first formal experience of engineeringdesign