155 Bridging Gaps in Global Health Engineering Education

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: This project aims to improve the design of medical technology for global health by addressing gaps in engineering education. Our primary goal is to develop open educational resource’curriculum boosters’ that can be added to existing BME curricula to build skills in transdisciplinary collaboration, practical ethics, and failure resilience. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: A phasic mixed-method research strategy has been employed. The Needs Analysis includes a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing knowledge regarding the three conceptual pillars of Transdisciplinary Collaboration, Practical Ethics, and Integrated Resilience. The Behavioral Study includes surveys, interviews, observations, and biometric data collection from working engineers, engineering students, global health stakeholders, and clinicians. The Validation Study will be conducted via small group workshops, a semester-long engineering design course, and a summer study-abroad course. Data collected will be analyzed and used to refine the proposed educational strategies. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The final educational strategies will be structured into 'curriculum boosters' and published as open educational resource materials. The boosters and their supporting data will be made available to other engineering education programs with the goal of promoting widespread adoption and integration of these methods. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The long-term outcome of this ongoing work is to train a new generation of engineers prepared to participate adeptly in the co-design of technological solutions for complex global healthcare challenges by working ‘with, not for,’ clinicians, communities, and other stakeholders in peripheral healthcare settings.