Fostering Community and Inclusion in a Team-Based Hybrid Bioengineering Lab Course.

ABSTRACT: As cornerstones of biomedical engineering and bioengineering undergraduate programs, hands-on laboratory experiences promote key skill development and student engagement. Lab courses often involve team-based activities and close communication with instructors, allowing students to build connection and community. Necessitated by the pandemic, changes to class delivery format presented unprecedented challenges to student inclusion and engagement, especially for students from underrepresented minority backgrounds. Here, we present a multi-faceted approach for fostering inclusion and community-building in a hybrid bioengineering laboratory course. A basis for this project was an approach for team-based project work which allowed students to have hands-on experience in the lab and collaborate e

SUBMITTER: Taylor AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9274962 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature