Student learning outcomes from a pilot medical innovations course with nursing, engineering, and biology undergraduate students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preparing today's undergraduate students from science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and related health professions to solve wide-sweeping healthcare challenges is critical. Moreover, it is imperative that educators help students develop the capabilities needed to meet those challenges, including problem solving, collaboration, and an ability to work with rapidly evolving technologies. We piloted a multidisciplinary education (ME) course aimed at filling this gap, and subsequently assessed whether or not students identified achieving the course objectives. In the course, undergraduate students from engineering, pre-nursing (students not yet admitted to the nursing program), and pre-professional health (e.g., pre-med and pre-physician's assistant) were grouped

SUBMITTER: Ludwig PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310392 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature