Challenge-based instruction in biomedical engineering: a scalable method to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of teaching and learning in biomedical engineering.

Full Abstract

Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, the University of Texas and the Harvard/MIT Health Sciences Technology Program have collaborated since 1999 to develop means to improve bioengineering education. This effort, funded by the National Science Foundation as the VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering Educational Technologies, has sought a synthesis of learning science, learning technology, assessment and the domains of bioengineering in order to improve learning by bioengineering students. Research has shown that bioengineering educational materials may be designed to emphasize challenges that engage the student and, when coupled with a learning cycle and appropriate technologies, can lead to improvements in instruction.

Author information

Author/s: Harris, Thomas R (TR); Brophy, Sean P (SP);

Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37205, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: Medical engineering & physics (Med Eng Phys), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2005-Sep; vol 27 (issue 7) : pp 617-24

Dates: Created 2005/08/16; Completed 2005/12/07; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16085445, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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