Part II: U.S.—Sub-Saharan Africa Educational Partnerships for Medical Device Design

Ploss, Brittany; Douglas, Tania S.; Glucksberg, Matthew R.; Kaufmann, Elsie Effah; Malkin, R.A.; McGrath, Janet W.; Mkandawire, Theresa; Odén, Maria; Osuntoki, Akinniyi Adediran; Rollins, Andrew M.; Sienko, Kathleen H.; Ssekitoleko, Robert T.; Reichert, William M.

doi:10.1007/s10439-017-1898-1

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“…This is often attributed to a brain drain, where technical skills developed to disseminate a technology are lost as people move out of the areas of need to more attractive environments. One strategy to overcome this challenge is to develop bilateral international training partnerships, which has been highly effective in building biomedical engineering capacity.…”

Section: Overcoming Challenges and Facilitating Disseminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disseminating technology in global surgery

Bolton

Aruparayil

Quyn

et al. 2019

British Journal of Surgery

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Background Effective dissemination of technology in global surgery is vital to realize universal health coverage by 2030. Challenges include a lack of human resource, infrastructure and finance. Understanding these challenges, and exploring opportunities and solutions to overcome them, are essential to improve global surgical care. Methods This review focuses on technologies and medical devices aimed at improving surgical care and training in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The key considerations in the development of new technologies are described, along with strategies for evaluation and wider dissemination. Notable examples of where the dissemination of a new surgical technology has achieved impact are included. Results Employing the principles of frugal and responsible innovation, and aligning evaluation and development to high scientific standards help overcome some of the challenges in disseminating technology in global surgery. Exemplars of effective dissemination include low‐cost laparoscopes, gasless laparoscopic techniques and innovative training programmes for laparoscopic surgery; low‐cost and versatile external fixation devices for fractures; the LifeBox pulse oximeter project; and the use of immersive technologies in simulation, training and surgical care delivery. Conclusion Core strategies to facilitate technology dissemination in global surgery include leveraging international funding, interdisciplinary collaboration involving all key stakeholders, and frugal scientific design, development and evaluation.

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Section: Overcoming Challenges and Facilitating Disseminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disseminating technology in global surgery

Bolton

Aruparayil

Quyn

et al. 2019

British Journal of Surgery

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“…Given that the establishment of biomedical engineering programs is relatively recent in sub-Saharan Africa (Ploss et al. 2017; Ploss & Reichert 2017), and few, if any, medical devices are developed or produced in Ghana, some of the participants’ most relevant stakeholders (healthcare practitioners including doctors and nurses) may not have been accessible to them. Many participants reported difficulties in gaining access to stakeholders and not receiving help from their instructors or institution to facilitate meetings with stakeholders.…”

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Investigating prototyping approaches of Ghanaian novice designers

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Increasingly, products are designed for global markets, yet studies of design practices primarily investigate designers from high-income countries. Specifically, the use of prototypes during design is likely affected by the background of the designer and the environment in which they are designing. To broaden our understanding of the extent to which prototyping best practices are used beyond Western designers, in this study, we conducted interviews with novice designers from Ghana, a middle-income country (MIC), to examine how Ghanaian novice designers (upper-level undergraduate students) used prototypes throughout their design courses. We compared the reported use of prototypes to best practice behaviors and analyzed the types of prototypes used. We found evidence that these Ghanaian novice designers used some critical prototyping best practice behaviors, while other behaviors were underutilized, specifically during the front-end phases of design and for the purpose of engaging with stakeholders. Additionally, virtual models dominated their prototyping choices. We discuss likely reasons for these trends based on participants’ design experiences and design contexts.

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“…Therefore, understanding how users will interact with the MD within their environment is vital for good design. As such, during the design stage, the first thorough control of an MD is implemented as part of the Quality Management System (QMS) requirements [37,[53][54][55][56][57][58].…”

Section: Importance Of Medical Device Designmentioning

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Impact of Design on Medical Device Safety

Miclăuş

Valla

Koukoura

et al. 2019

Ther Innov Regul Sci

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The growing number of emerging medical technologies and sophistication of modern medical devices (MDs) that improve both survival and quality of life indexes are often challenged by alarming cases of vigilance data cover-up and lack of sufficient pre-and post-authorization controls. Combining Quality with Risk Management processes and implementing them as early as possible in the design of MDs has proven to be an effective strategy to minimize residual risk. This article aims to discuss how the design of MDs interacts with their safety profile and how this dipole of intended performance and safety may be supported by Human Factors Engineering (HFE) throughout the Total Product Life-Cycle (TPLC) of an MD in order to capitalize on medical technologies without exposing users and patients to unnecessary risks.

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Part II: U.S.—Sub-Saharan Africa Educational Partnerships for Medical Device Design

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Disseminating technology in global surgery

Disseminating technology in global surgery

Investigating prototyping approaches of Ghanaian novice designers

Impact of Design on Medical Device Safety

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