Genet Tadese Aboye, Gizeaddis Lamesgin Simegn, Jean-Marie Aerts
Assessment of the Barriers and Enablers of the Use of mHealth Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa According to the Perceptions of Patients, Physicians, and Health Care Executives in Ethiopia: Qualitative Study
Journal of medical Internet research
clinical immersion experiences provide engineering students opportunities identify unmet user needs interact clinical professionals experiences become common features undergraduate biomedical engineering curricula many published examples literature however published studies describe rigorous qualitative analysis biomedical engineering student reflections immersion programs fifteen reflection prompts align program learning goals developed structured based deal model critical reflection undergraduate participants summer immersion program responded prompts throughout five weeks clinical rotations data two summer cohorts participants n 20 collected thematic analysis performed characterize student responses students reported learning key healthcare topics medical insurance access healthcare lack thereof stakeholder perspectives key medical terminology knowledge reflections also noted students could apply newly gained medical knowledge biomedical engineering design clinical immersion provided students realistic view biomedical engineering profession potential areas future professional growth many reflections identifying ability communicate variety professionals key student training students reflected conversations patients noting interactions reinvigorated passion biomedical engineering field finally 63 student reflections identified instances patients low socioeconomic status disadvantaged health care settings clinical immersion programs help close gap academic learning practical experience demands field design skills product development experience becoming increasingly necessary biomedical engineers work initiates efforts toward rigorous analysis students reactions experiences particularly around socioeconomic demographic factors may provide guidance continuous improvement development clinical experiences biomedical engineers