Lundy Mary, Aceros Juan
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug;2016:3006-3009. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591362.
A novel, community-based course was created through collaboration between the School of Engineering and the Physical Therapy program at the University of North Florida. This course offers a hands-on, interdisciplinary training experience for undergraduate engineering students through team-based design projects where engineering students are partnered with physical therapy students. Students learn the process of design, fabrication and testing of low-tech and high-tech rehabilitation technology for children with disabilities, and are exposed to a clinical experience under the guidance of licensed therapists. This course was taught in two consecutive years and pre-test/post-test data evaluating the impact of this interprofessional education experience on the students is presented using the Public Service Motivation Scale, Civic Actions Scale, Civic Attitudes Scale, and the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale.
北佛罗里达大学工程学院与物理治疗项目合作创建了一门新颖的、基于社区的课程。该课程通过基于团队的设计项目，为本科工程专业学生提供了实践动手的跨学科培训体验，在这些项目中工程专业学生与物理治疗专业学生结对合作。学生们学习为残疾儿童设计、制造和测试低技术和高技术康复技术的过程，并在持牌治疗师的指导下获得临床经验。该课程连续两年授课，并使用公共服务动机量表、公民行动量表、公民态度量表和跨专业社会化与重视量表，展示了评估这种跨专业教育经历对学生影响的前测/后测数据。
