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Session Description

This session explores novel approaches to curriculum design and instructional strategies in biomedical engineering education. Topics include the integration of stakeholder engagement through the Biomedical Stakeholder Café, scaffolding models for technical writing in biomaterials courses, and redefining grading narratives in biomechanics education.

Moderated by

1. Anne-Marie Ginn-Hedman, Dr. Nehal I. Abu-Lail, and Dr. Bilal Ghosn

Papers Presented

1. Biomedical Stakeholder Café – Continual Improvement & Integration of a Novel Adapted RADAR Framework for Stakeholders  [view paper]
   Dr. Kate Mercer (University of Waterloo), Dr. Jennifer Howcroft (University of Waterloo), and Sean Rose (University of Waterloo)
2. Impact of a curriculum and design course redesign on student’s engineering design process knowledge [view paper]
   Dr. William H Guilford (University of Virginia)
3. Post-Pandemic Motivations and Barriers for Office Hours Attendance in Biomedical Engineering [view paper]
   Kate Manion (Northwestern University), Jordan Denzler (Northwestern University), Tyson Matthew Strong (Northwestern University), and Dr. David P O'Neill (Northwestern University)
4. Changing the Grading Narrative in a Sophomore Biomechanics Course [view paper]
   Dr. Jennifer Currey (Union College)
5. Technical Writing as a Learning Objective: Implementation of A Diminishing Scaffolding Model in a Lab-Based Biomaterials Course [view paper]
   Dr. Sonia Bansal (Duke University), Kat M Lazar (Duke University), Jaron Shoemaker (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and Elizabeth Feeney (Duke University)