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Problem◦ Engineers help identify problems, unmet needs, and new product
opportunities in start-ups and established companies◦ 15% of capstone design projects are student generated; 85% of projects
defined for students (S. Howe, 2010)
Solution◦ 1 credit, junior level elective course◦ Clinical Issues in Biomedical Engineering Design◦ Allows undergraduate students to observe procedures and conduct
needs finding activities Increases clinical literacy, familiarity with medical technology Learn to observe, listen, ask questions to identify unmet needs; importance of
ethnographic observation
Exam on medical terminology OR orientation (professional conduct, workflow, working
with medical personnel)
Clinical observations (outside of class) Guest speakers address wide range of need areas
◦ Surgery, nursing, dentistry, clinical engineering, developing nations, people with disabilities
Final Deliverable: Project Proposal Goal: observe, reflect, incubate, propose project in fall
semester (as senior design project)
Field trips◦ Dental Technology Playroom◦ Laparoscopic Simulation Lab◦ Virtual ICU (eICU)
Clinical visits◦ Operating Room◦ Cardiac Catheterization Lab◦ Urology Lab◦ Interventional Radiology Lab◦ Intensive Care Units◦ Milwaukee Center for Independence
All course learning objectives were met May nurture entrepreneurial behavior 4 yrs: No project proposals used for senior design project
“The clinical observations are the best way to learn about the problems/needs of the OR.”
“The project proposal was very useful because it was the first time I was required to connect biomedical engineering issues to a possible product.”
Students own their intellectual property
Students can voluntarily sign IP agreements and NDA’s with sponsoring companies
Accommodations for confidentiality◦ Private presentations◦ Excluded from senior design book