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Undergraduate engineering student clinical
immersion experiences:
Outcomes and management of expectations
Sienko, K. H.1, Danso, K. A.2, Opare-Addo, H. S.2, Odoi, A.T.2, Obed,
S.3, Huang-Saad, A.1, Sabet Sarvestani, A.1, Effah Kaufmann, E.4,
Anderson, F. W. J.5, Johnson, T. R. B.5
1 University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, USA2 Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, Kumasi, Ghana3 Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, Accra, Ghana4 University of Ghana – Legon Campus, Biomedical Engineering Department Accra, Ghana5 University of Michigan, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ann Arbor, USA
Motivation: Engineers in clinics
Need for educational programs that:
• Advance our capability to address essential health care challenges
• Train a new generation of engineers who can collaborate with
stakeholders to define problems, and develop and implement solutions
Outcomes: Engineering Education
• Gain an understanding of the local and broader
contexts of design
• Co-identify unmet needs
• Formulate needs statements
• Apply and further develop design ethnography
skills
• Establish intercultural and interdisciplinary
communication skills
• Develop clinical literacy
• Design for real-world problems
Outcomes: Clinical
• Foster cross-fertilization between disciplines
(between and within institutions)
• Foster an innovative mindset among healthcare
providers
• Foster long-term potential for some of the
students to become medical device industry
leaders and entrepreneurs focused on the design,
development, and implementation of
technological solutions for low-resource settings
Additional Outcomes
• Research collaborations
– Grant funding
– Publications
• Capacity building
– Post-doctoral training in the health sciences
– Innovative design process
• Programmatic changes at host institutions
Challenges
• Misunderstanding of mission“Who are you, again, and what are you doing here?”
• Unrealistic expectations
� Prototypes versus products
• Failed communication/inadequate information
• Feelings of exploitation
Best Practices
• Long-term partnerships based on mutual
respect, understanding, and transparency
• Management of expectations among all
participants, including students and
healthcare staff and providers
• Engagement of local engineering faculty and
students
• Extensive pre-departure training
• Project selection