Training the Future Biomedical Workforce to Recognize and Resolve Unmet Needs of our Wounded Warriors and their Healthcare Providers

培训未来的生物医学劳动力，以认识和解决受伤战士及其医疗保健提供者未满足的需求

• 批准号: 9920179
• 负责人: Christopher B Arena
• 金额: $ 2.14万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9920179
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This semester-long, clinical immersion program has been framed to train biomedical engineering (BME) and industrial design (ID) students in recognizing and resolving the unmet needs of our Wounded Warriors and Veterans. While many active-duty service members and Veterans suffer from the same maladies as comparably- aged civilian population (e.g., heart disease, cancer, diabetes), they also have unique healthcare needs because of battlefield exposure. These needs extend to military healthcare providers, scientists, and engineers who are actively treating and learning from our wounded warriors to improve their quality-of-life. Therefore, we plan to provide BME and ID students a complementary education in biomedical needs identification (Aim 1) and place them with key opinion leaders in several Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) clinics and laboratories (Aim 2). Specifically, our partner sites are the Salem VA Medical Center (SVAMC) and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). A non-exhaustive list of events includes partaking in Grand Rounds, viewing patient participation in ongoing clinical studies within the fields of rehabilitation, oncology, podiatry, and kidney disease, and attending interactive Learning Forums on state-of-the art technologies related to traumatic brain injury, biomechanics, and regenerative medicine. Building on the innovative, design-based curriculum at Virginia Tech, needs identification teams will be comprised of both BME and ID students with junior standing. Jointly educating and combining the skillsets from these two groups will aid in extracting unforeseen needs from existing user-product-environment scenarios. For example, user-centered design analysis will be implemented to gain knowledge about a user's prior knowledge, life experiences, abilities, and level of cognition with similar products, while considering environmental influences and the types of hardware, software, and/or assistive technologies. The teams will plan and document their design research at the clinical sites to create a database of >25 needs with supporting information related to stakeholder impact, existing solutions, and market analysis. In addition to observing different clinical trials and research projects, the students will take advantage of volunteer opportunities to develop a sense of empathy and give back to the military community. At the conclusion of the program, students will prepare a grant proposal for a project idea that is well- suited to improve Wounded Warrior or Veteran healthcare for faculty review, approval, and appropriate resourcing. They will continue as collaborative teams and assume a leadership role in their ensuing Senior Design projects. The target is to present a functional prototype to a Veteran client or healthcare provider by the years' end. Continual feedback will be obtained from these customers/partners to ensure the product effectively addresses their needs. Ultimately, the program will prepare students to work effectively on multidisciplinary teams and communicate with a range of audiences. .

这个为期一个学期的临床浸入式项目旨在培训生物医学工程 (BME) 和 工业设计（ID）学生认识并解决我们受伤的战士未满足的需求 退伍军人。虽然许多现役军人和退伍军人都患有与其他人相同的疾病—— 老年人口（例如心脏病、癌症、糖尿病），他们也有独特的医疗保健需求，因为 战场暴露。这些需求延伸到了军事医疗保健提供者、科学家和工程师，他们 积极治疗受伤的战士并向他们学习，以提高他们的生活质量。因此，我们计划 为 BME 和 ID 学生提供生物医学需求识别（目标 1）和场所方面的补充教育 他们与国防部 (DoD) 和退伍军人事务部 (VA) 诊所的关键意见领袖以及 实验室（目标 2）。具体来说，我们的合作伙伴站点是塞勒姆退伍军人医疗中心 (SVAMC) 和 Walter Reed 国家军事医疗中心（WRMMC）。活动的非详尽清单包括参加 Grand 查房，查看患者参与康复、肿瘤学、 足病学和肾脏疾病，并参加有关最先进技术的互动学习论坛 创伤性脑损伤、生物力学和再生医学。 以弗吉尼亚理工大学基于设计的创新课程为基础，需求识别团队将 由 BME 和 ID 的初级学生组成。共同教育和结合来自 这两个小组将有助于从现有的用户-产品-环境场景中提取不可预见的需求。为了 例如，将实施以用户为中心的设计分析来获取有关用户先验知识的知识， 生活经历、能力和对类似产品的认知水平，同时考虑环境影响 以及硬件、软件和/或辅助技术的类型。团队将计划并记录他们的 在临床站点设计研究，创建包含 >25 种需求的数据库，并提供相关支持信息 利益相关者影响、现有解决方案和市场分析。除了观察不同的临床试验和 研究项目中，学生将利用志愿者机会来培养同理心 并回馈军界。 在课程结束时，学生将为一个项目想法准备一份资助提案，该项目想法是良好的 适合改善受伤战士或退伍军人的医疗保健，供教师审查、批准和适当 资源配置。他们将继续作为协作团队，并在随后的高级职位中发挥领导作用 设计项目。目标是向退伍军人客户或医疗保健提供者展示功能原型 年末。将从这些客户/合作伙伴那里获得持续的反馈，以确保产品有效 满足他们的需求。最终，该计划将使学生做好跨学科有效工作的准备 团队并与一系列受众进行交流。 。