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Translational Design Clinical Immersion Co-op: Leveraging Regional Healthcare Institutions School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems Drexel University. Kenneth Barbee. Program Elements. Junior-year 6-month Co-op Clinician-Engineer Mentoring Team
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Translational Design Clinical Immersion Co-op: Leveraging Regional Healthcare InstitutionsSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health SystemsDrexel University Kenneth Barbee
Program Elements • Junior-year 6-month Co-op • Clinician-Engineer Mentoring Team • Clinical Immersion Experience • Formulate Project for Senior Design • Recruit Team for Senior Design
Novel Features • Biodesign-inspired, but more directed • Coulter-style translational design teams • Enthusiastic participation of clinicians throughout the region
Challenges/Opportunities • Finding/Forming Engineer-Clinician Teams • Co-op Cycle and Junior Design Course • Assessment
Best Practices Student Andrea Verghese Engineering Mentor Kurtulus Izzetoglu, PhD, Res Assistant Professor, BIOMED Clinical Mentor Richard Hamilton, MD, Professor & Chair, Emergency Medicine, DUCOM Clinical Setting Emergency Department, Hahnemann Hospital Project Topic A Feedback System of Titrated Oxygen Delivery Student Joshua Cige Engineering Mentor Karen Moxon, PhD, Professor, BIOMED Clinical Mentor Michael Sperling, MD, Professor, Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Clinical Setting Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Project Topic Prediction and Prevention of Epileptic Seizures
Best Practices Other Projects & Clinical Partners Shriners Hospital for Children New Methods to Study the Effects of Therapy after Spinal Cord Injury NICU, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Ultrasound Assisted Enhancement of the Visibility of Endotracheal Tubes Drexel University Wound Clinic Novel Biomaterial to Treat Chronic Wounds Drexel University Wound Clinic Novel Wound Dressings to Kill Microorganisms and Promote Wound Healing Penn State Hershey Bone and Joint Institute Biomimetic Aggrecan for Restoration of Intervertebral Disk Mechanics Wills Eye Institute Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Corneal Melanomas
Outcomes • Clinically-relevant Senior Design Projects • Head start on Senior Design Project • Recruit Interdisciplinary Team with appropriate expertise