Moody, L. E., & Burtner, J. (2016, June), Opportunities, Challenges, and Locus of Control in Undergraduate Research in Healthcare Settings  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.25837

\bibitem{asee_peer_25837}
  Moody, L. E., \& Burtner, J. (2016, June), \emph{Opportunities, Challenges, and Locus of Control in Undergraduate Research in Healthcare Settings}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.25837

Laura E Moody and Joan Burtner.  "Opportunities, Challenges, and Locus of Control in Undergraduate Research in Healthcare Settings".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/25837 Internet.  10 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_25837}
  Laura E Moody and Joan Burtner.
  "Opportunities, Challenges, and Locus of Control in Undergraduate Research in Healthcare Settings".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/25837 Internet.  10 May, 2024

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AB  - Recent initiatives are causing healthcare facilities to sharpen their focus on efforts to improve the quality of healthcare delivery. As a result, administrators and key clinical personnel are exposed to the philosophy and key concepts, but not necessarily to the systems thinking that underlies the approach. Industrial Engineers can bring to the table concepts and methods to support and improve efficiency, standardization, human centered design, and systems thinking. However, the dominant culture in healthcare, which tends to be compartmentalized and individualistic, often works in conflict with the systems thinking that can facilitate improvement. The new approach to improving the quality of healthcare is gaining momentum and Industrial Engineers have an opportunity to be a guiding force in that change. As Industrial Engineering faculty members, the authors believe this culture change presents great opportunities and great challenges for undergraduate engineering students. For the past 20 years, we have been involved in a variety of applied research projects involving Industrial Engineering undergraduates and healthcare facilities, primarily hospitals and affiliated clinics. This paper will examine the experiences and observations of the authors as we have watched the healthcare industry evolve over the past 15+ years.  We will discuss Industrial Engineering methodologies that our students have used to positively influence healthcare outcomes. We will also focus on some of the more concrete challenges involved in facilitating undergraduate research experiences in healthcare settings. These include, among others, changing Human Resource requirements, access to data, and personnel issues such as finding the right sponsor for a project and insuring the students have both administrative and clinical/operational staff support. 

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