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Using post-graduate research to introduce biomedical engineering to pre-university students
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Eastwood-Sutherland, C, Using post-graduate research to introduce biomedical engineering to pre-university students, Proceedings of the 5th Biomedical Engineering International Conference, 5-7 December, UbonRatchathani, Thailand, pp. 1-5. ISBN 978-1-4673-4892-8 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Biomedical engineering is a growing and useful
industry, and as such it is important to educate people about
it. Due to the nature of the topic it can be difficult to put across
field-related concepts to those not in the field. This paper seeks to
perform a preliminary investigation into presenting an example of
biomedical engineering to pre-university students. By simplifying
the physical aspect of a biomedical engineering project and
adjusting the focus to re-introduce basic concepts relating to
science and engineering (which may usually be ignored), short
presentations were able to be given to primary and high school
students in a simple and interactive way. Preliminary results
showed a link between the interest of the teacher and the
interest of the students (in engineering and science), as well
as demonstrating a link between age and attention span to
the biomedical aspects. Locale and socioeconomic status also
appeared to be correlated to interest in engineering. Further
research would need to be performed to determine how the initial
interest corresponds to interest in biomedical engineering during
later education.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | education, prostheses, pre-university, students |
Research Division: | Engineering |
Research Group: | Other engineering |
Research Field: | Other engineering not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in education |
UTAS Author: | Eastwood-Sutherland, C (Mr Caillin Eastwood-Sutherland) |
ID Code: | 83153 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Deposited By: | Engineering |
Deposited On: | 2013-03-04 |
Last Modified: | 2013-09-06 |
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