Improving Lives Using Multidisciplinary Education: Partnering to Benefit Community, Innovation, Health, and Technology

McClelland, Molly; Kleinke, Darrell K.

doi:10.3928/01484834-20130610-01

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“…In addition, nursing and engineering partnerships have resulted in meaningful collaborations culminating in novel inventions and innovations. One such example is the University of Detroit Mercy Colleges of Engineering and Nursing partnership 18 that provides assistive devices to disabled individuals while teaching innovation, technology, and collaboration to students. As a result of this unique collaboration, nursing students offer insights and experience in specific disability areas to inform engineering students about anticipated device needs.…”

Section: Medical Inventions and Innovations: Nurse Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An examination of nurse‐authored patents: Implications for nursing practice

Davis¹,

Glasgow

2020

Nurs Forum

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Background Recognition for medical inventions and innovations is largely associated with physician‐researchers, scientists, and engineers. The term “nurse” is largely absent from patents awarded in the United States. Yet, as front‐line healthcare providers, who better to add to the current population of inventors and innovators of new, meaningful scientific and engineering medical discoveries than specialized advanced practice nurses and their registered nurse colleagues? Although medical inventions and innovations are not entirely new activities for nurses, the authors speculate that greater opportunities exist for these healthcare professionals to lead in and be officially recognized for medical care discoveries and advancements by having their names on patents awarded. Also, we surmise that without the active and dedicated participation of nurses, important and significant discoveries may be missed. Aims The purpose of this paper is to address the importance of having nurses at all levels and specialties engaged in healthcare inventions and innovations. The foundation for this thesis begins by describing the findings from the first quantitative analysis of nurses' participation and/or recognition for the invention and innovation of medical devices and instruments, defined by having their names on awarded United States patents. In addition, we identify meaningful pathways for nurses to engage in this space. Methods Data to evaluate nurse participation and recognition for medical device and instrument inventions and innovations were collected through a publicly accessible website, the United States Patent and Trademark Office database, and analyzed with respect to whether the patent author(s) were nurses or nonnurses. Results More than 65 000 patents were identified with the terms “medical device” and “medical instrument.” From the 65 000+ patent‐population, 100 random patents were analyzed for the purposes of this first study and none were determined to have a nurse listed as a participating inventor or innovator. As a result of this analysis, the authors: (a) identify that nurses are largely unrecognized in the medical device invention and innovation space and (b) create models that explain nurses' engagement in this space from (i) historical and contemporary perspectives and (ii) for enhanced future involvement in healthcare patent activities. The future model is especially important as it provides a pathway for nurses to enhance their inventive and innovative competencies, effectiveness, and efficiency through new professional roles, additional education, creation of new educational programs, and formation of professional collaborations. It also calls for organizations that employ nurses to overtly allocate time, resources, and support for invention and innovation activities. We posit that fostering and facilitating nurses to enter the medical invention and innovation space stimulates discoveries that can improve patient care experiences, operations, and outcomes, reduce healthcare costs and provide...

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Section: Medical Inventions and Innovations: Nurse Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An examination of nurse‐authored patents: Implications for nursing practice

Davis¹,

Glasgow

2020

Nurs Forum

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“…Nurses have powerful potential to facilitate innovation in health care systems and they are in an ideal position to assess and bridge gaps in patient care 1‐7 . Nurses are inherently creative, make up the largest proportion of the health care workforce, and practice across the majority of health care services and settings 8,9 .…”

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Employing design thinking methods in nursing to improve patient outcomes

Roddy

Polfuss

2020

Nurs Forum

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Nurses are in a key position between the patient, provider, and the health care system. This position provides them with valuable insight into problems and potential solutions in health care, yet there is little recorded involvement of nurses in product or service development. A five‐step process called design thinking has proven successful across multiple settings to generate meaningful solutions that provide value to those directly impacted by a problem. The purpose of this study is to describe the process of design thinking and review how it can be used by nurses for the creation of products and services that will benefit health care systems and improve nursing practice and patient care.

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“…However, there are many fewer opportunities for undergraduate students to cultivate these skills before they are deeply embedded in their profession specific courses. 11,12 Educating pre-professional students in processes of creativity and innovation is recognized and encouraged to enhance innovation in addressing current health challenges. 13 Studies documenting the importance of Interprofessional Education (IPE) for medical and nursing students have identified successful outcomes including improved communication skills, increased knowledge of role, and greater self-efficacy.…”

Section: Interdisciplinary Educationmentioning

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“…The problem solving and communication skills required for healthcare professionals to successfully work together are skills that will benefit other professionals such as engineers. Collaborative education between engineering and medical students has shown to result in innovation for community benefit through assistive device creation 11 , addressing real-world clinical problems 12,20,21 , and improvements to medical teaching laboratories 22 .…”

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Community Health Innovation through an Interprofessional Course

Nagel

Ludwig

Lewis³

2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. She has eight years of diversified engineering design experience, both in academia and industry, and has experienced engineering design in a range of contexts, including product design, bio-inspired design, electrical and control system design, manufacturing system design, and design for the factory floor. Dr. Nagel earned her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and her M.S. and B.S. in manufacturing engineering and electrical engineering, respectively, from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. Nagel's long-term goal is to drive engineering innovation by applying her multidisciplinary engineering expertise to instrumentation and manufacturing challenges. Dr. Patrice M. Ludwig, James Madison UniversityPatrice Ludwig is an Assiatant Professor of Biology at James Madison University. She earned her doctoral degree in biology from the University of Virginia. Her research interests are in understanding changes in undergraduate attitudes and knowledge as a result of work across disciplines to solve real world problems. She also studies using artificial substrates to restore and conserve oyster reefs. Community Health Innovation through an Interprofessional Course AbstractThe broad goal of this interdisciplinary course is to allow pre-professional biology, pre-nursing, and engineering students to leverage MakerSpace technology to produce and communicate tangible solutions to current challenges in community health. For the past two iterations of the course students developed solutions to metabolic syndrome using MakerSpace technologies (3D printing, laser cutters/engravers, virtual reality, and related software). Communication between disciplines that impact each other, but may have different biases and goals, is important. This communication is facilitated through teamwork. In the course, students receive explicit training in problem solving techniques, teamwork, and communication. For example, students form their teams using the StrengthsFinders analysis to build on the individual strengths. Moreover, the teams watch a video on the challenger disaster to evaluate systemic reasons leading to failure in team decision making. Additionally, the MakerSpace is used to foster creative problem solving, collaboration skills, and knowledge of technologies that may shape their professions' future.The instructor's' role in the course is to serve as facilitators and guides while students work to develop their solutions. This process ensures that students take ownership of their project as an engaged team. It allows students to strengthen their problem-solving and collaboration skills. The interdisciplinary teaching team models the teamwork skills the students are learning. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary learning, foster teamwork, and improve student engagement. Other course objectives are to develop students' creative problem solving, empathetic design practices, communication skills, prototyp...

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Improving Lives Using Multidisciplinary Education: Partnering to Benefit Community, Innovation, Health, and Technology

Cited by 14 publications

References 6 publications

An examination of nurse‐authored patents: Implications for nursing practice

An examination of nurse‐authored patents: Implications for nursing practice

Employing design thinking methods in nursing to improve patient outcomes

Community Health Innovation through an Interprofessional Course

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