Design Education · 2017
Designing Medical Devices Through Observation and Hands-On Training
Students observed and learned (hands-on) how to perform two neonatal and obstetric medical procedures, then analyzed the scenarios with the clinicians who run them.
- Role
- Course designer and co-instructor
- Partners
- Co-taught with Dr. Nicole Yamada, Dr. Henry Lee, Dr. Ruth Ann Crystal and Dr. Janene Fuerch
- Method
- January and April 2017 Pop-Up Short Form Classes
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Students observed and learned (hands-on) how to perform two neonatal and obstetric medical procedures (infant intubation and maternal hemorrhage protocol), then analyzed the scenarios by watching the simulation videos with our clinicians. Students also interviewed the clinicians about these procedures using field guides they created. Information was synthesized, and students presented their user, the clinical problems they identified, and an innovation/new vision. Student groups presented their work to a panel of designers and clinical experts. These multi-day workshops ran in January and April 2017 at The Center For Advanced Pediatric & Perinatal Education.
Outcome. Both workshops were studied and published: Sherman, Lee, Weiss and Kristensen-Cabrera, “Medical Device Design Education: Identifying Problems Through Observation and Hands-On Training,” Design and Technology Education 23(2), 2018. Industry experts scored the two classes the same (6.1 versus 6.0 out of 7, p = 0.44), so hands-on training did not produce better work than observation alone. Read the study