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. 2021:2:163-169.
doi: 10.1109/ojemb.2021.3070831. Epub 2021 Apr 28.

Biomedical Engineering Professional Skills Development: The RADxSM Tech Impact on Graduates and Faculty

Andrew J DiMeo  1 , Chipo J Afamefuna  2 , Skyler J Ward  3 , Phil Weilerstein  4 , Elias Caro  5 , Max Germer  4 , Alexander J Carroll  6
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Biomedical Engineering Professional Skills Development: The RADxSM Tech Impact on Graduates and Faculty

Andrew J DiMeo et al. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2021.

Abstract

There are many benefits of the RADxSM Tech initiative worth exploring beyond that of the current acceleration of diagnostic tests being developed and deployed to the nation. One of those benefits has been the impact on work readiness for recent biomedical engineering (BME) graduates who have been hired by RADx Tech as Assistant Project Facilitators (APFs) and to the students and faculty members on applicant teams. This paper includes a literature review of the current status of BME professional skills development in traditional academic and clinical settings. The organizational structure of RADx Tech teams is described, including how recent BME graduates are integral to the process. Opportunities are discussed on how the RADx Tech structural model can be leveraged to improve professional skills education. It is concluded that the RADx Tech organizational structure and process including APFs may be replicable. Further research is planned to explore its impact.

Keywords: Biomedical; education; engineering; entrepreneurship; professional.

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Rendition of the RADx Tech Innovation Funnel to Evaluate Testing Technologies for Covid-19 with data presented by Tromberg at the January 26th, 2021 RADx Tech monthly update .
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Organizational Structure of the RADx Tech Teams.
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The experience of the PEs and TLs as presented by Dempsey at the January 26th, 2021 RADx Tech monthly update .
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Visual showing the combined professional skills of RADx TLs and PEs (N=53). The bar chart represents a weighted average of expertise on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 is basic knowledge and 4 is subject matter expert.
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