Perspectives on Bioengineering Clinical Immersion: History, Innovation, and Impact

Abstract

Opportunities to provide clinical immersion experiences to bioengineering undergraduate students have expanded over the last several years. These programs allow students to observe the clinical environment in order to better understand workflow processes, the context in which medical equipment is used, and identify unmet needs firsthand. While each program focuses on identifying unmet needs, these experiences vary in content and implementation. Here we discuss features of clinical immersion programs, share details of our program after six years, and present data regarding post-graduation employment of our participants. Students who participated in the University of Illinois at Chicago Clinical Immersion Program are not more likely to pursue careers in industry as compared to non-participants, nor do they demonstrate an ability to find a job more quickly than non-participants. However, participants who did enter into industry self-reported that the program was impactful to both their career interests and ability to find their first employment position. © 2020, The Author(s).

Keywords

Author Keywords

education Undergraduate Bioengineering Biomedical engineering Clinical immersion Needs identification

Index Keywords

human medical education Humans Article Students Vocational education student university Universities education controlled study postgraduate education Undergraduate students self report academic achievement career planning follow up employment status Education, Professional History Biomedical engineering Clinical environments health survey clinical feature health program bioengineering priority journal Biophysics Measurement Chicago Employment position Post graduation University of Illinois Workflow process career mobility job interview Illinois History, 21st Century

Author Affiliations

Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, IL, United States

School of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Funding & Acknowledgements

National Institutes of Health, NIH

Funding text 1: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25EB018239. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank our colleagues at the UI College of Medicine Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Critical Care, Radiation Oncology, Transplant Surgery and Urology, who support the program by serving as clinical mentors to student teams each summer. We would also like to thank Dr. Hananeh Esmailbeigi for providing the graduation survey data.; Funding text 2: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25EB018239. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank our colleagues at the UI College of Medicine Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Critical Care, Radiation Oncology, Transplant Surgery and Urology, who support the program by serving as clinical mentors to student teams each summer. We would also like to thank Dr. Hananeh Esmailbeigi for providing the graduation survey data.

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIBIB

Grant: R25EB018239

Funding text 1: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25EB018239. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank our colleagues at the UI College of Medicine Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Critical Care, Radiation Oncology, Transplant Surgery and Urology, who support the program by serving as clinical mentors to student teams each summer. We would also like to thank Dr. Hananeh Esmailbeigi for providing the graduation survey data.; Funding text 2: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25EB018239. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank our colleagues at the UI College of Medicine Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Critical Care, Radiation Oncology, Transplant Surgery and Urology, who support the program by serving as clinical mentors to student teams each summer. We would also like to thank Dr. Hananeh Esmailbeigi for providing the graduation survey data.

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIBIB

Funding text 1: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25EB018239. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank our colleagues at the UI College of Medicine Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Critical Care, Radiation Oncology, Transplant Surgery and Urology, who support the program by serving as clinical mentors to student teams each summer. We would also like to thank Dr. Hananeh Esmailbeigi for providing the graduation survey data.; Funding text 2: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25EB018239. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank our colleagues at the UI College of Medicine Departments/Divisions of Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Critical Care, Radiation Oncology, Transplant Surgery and Urology, who support the program by serving as clinical mentors to student teams each summer. We would also like to thank Dr. Hananeh Esmailbeigi for providing the graduation survey data.

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Perspectives on Bioengineering Clinical Immersion: History, Innovation, and Impact

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