Implementation and evaluation of team science training for interdisciplinary teams in an engineering design program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interdisciplinary academic teams perform better when competent in teamwork; however, there is a lack of best practices of how to introduce and facilitate the development of effective learning and functioning within these teams in academic environments.

Methods

To close this gap, we tailored, implemented, and evaluated team science training in the year-long Engineering Innovation in Health (EIH) program at the University of Washington (UW), a project-based course in which engineering students across several disciplines partner with health professionals to develop technical solutions to clinical and translational health challenges. EIH faculty from the UW College of Engineering and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences' (ITHS) Team Science Core codevelope

SUBMITTER: Abu-Rish Blakeney E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327544 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature