Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students
Options for incarcerated individuals to participate in higher education in prison programs (HEPPs) have expanded in recent years to include courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, however these students remain an underserved population in the United States. Thus, there are oppo...
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description | Options for incarcerated individuals to participate in higher education in prison programs (HEPPs) have expanded in recent years to include courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, however these students remain an underserved population in the United States. Thus, there are opportunities to expand the available offerings, increase the diversity of coursework available by introducing subjects such as biomedical engineering (BME), and include cocurricular and extracurricular activities widely considered critical components of undergraduate training including research experiences. As such, a year-long program was developed to introduce students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in an HEPP through an R1 institution to research principles in BME. This course introduced students to disciplines within BME, offered opportunities to gain research experience as knowledge-creators, and supported engagement with a scientific learning community. Using a student-centered approach, the course was designed to incorporate activities for reflection, goal setting, and dialogue among participants and sought to leverage students’ funds of knowledge and areas of personal scientific interest. This course represents a transferable model for offering BME courses and research-centered opportunities to students enrolled in other HEPPs and an opportunity to promote equity and access in higher education. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43683-022-00071-6. |
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spelling | pubmed-92443942022-06-30 Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students Speer, Julie E. Clapacs, Zain Biomed Eng Educ Teaching Tips Options for incarcerated individuals to participate in higher education in prison programs (HEPPs) have expanded in recent years to include courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, however these students remain an underserved population in the United States. Thus, there are opportunities to expand the available offerings, increase the diversity of coursework available by introducing subjects such as biomedical engineering (BME), and include cocurricular and extracurricular activities widely considered critical components of undergraduate training including research experiences. As such, a year-long program was developed to introduce students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in an HEPP through an R1 institution to research principles in BME. This course introduced students to disciplines within BME, offered opportunities to gain research experience as knowledge-creators, and supported engagement with a scientific learning community. Using a student-centered approach, the course was designed to incorporate activities for reflection, goal setting, and dialogue among participants and sought to leverage students’ funds of knowledge and areas of personal scientific interest. This course represents a transferable model for offering BME courses and research-centered opportunities to students enrolled in other HEPPs and an opportunity to promote equity and access in higher education. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43683-022-00071-6. Springer International Publishing 2022-06-29 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9244394/ /pubmed/35789897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43683-022-00071-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Teaching Tips Speer, Julie E. Clapacs, Zain Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students |
title | Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students |
title_full | Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students |
title_fullStr | Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students |
title_short | Creation of a Novel Biomedical Engineering Research Course for Incarcerated Students |
title_sort | creation of a novel biomedical engineering research course for incarcerated students |
topic | Teaching Tips |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9244394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35789897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43683-022-00071-6 |
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