The GTEmory program: The melting pot approach

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The GT/Emory programThe melting pot approach

• Wendy C. Newstetter
• Director of Learning Sciences Research

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Program Goals

• Create an educational model which integrates and
  transforms different cultures of students through
  innovative graduate coursework and research.
• Develop program elements which integrate biology,
  medicine and engineering in order to provide
  students with a strong understanding of
  biomedical systems from the cellular level to
  whole body.
• Develop educational interventions appropriate to
  enhancing self directed learning towards
  advancing the field of biomedical engineering.

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Proposed new program
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BME Fundamentals Course

• This course promotes integration of engineering
  and biomedical principals/approaches.
• The course exposes students to areas in
  biomedical engineering to guide their ability to
  choose a technical depth coreand addresses the
  point that we should not teach technical depth,
  but integration.
• An integrated PBL and engineering course covering
  core concepts in BME
• PBL will be used to introduce students to
  biomedical problems and motivate engineering
  solutions
• Engineering topics will dovetail with PBL
  problems and allow students to do quantitative
  PBL solutions
• 5 to 6 modules incorporating engineering
  fundamentals, modeling and biomedical relevance
• Each module will end with a modeling solution and
  assessment