Systems thinking and designerly tools for medical device design in engineering curricula.
Medical device design
co-design
human factors engineering
new product development
participatory techniques
systems thinking
Journal
Health systems (Basingstoke, England)
ISSN: 2047-6965
Titre abrégé: Health Syst (Basingstoke)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101602681
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
medline:
16
5
2022
pubmed:
16
5
2022
entrez:
18
1
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In this paper we focus on medical device development (MDD) in Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) academia. We want to find which methods our MDD-students currently use, where our guidance has shortcomings and where it brings added value. We have analysed 19 master and 3 doctoral MDD-theses in our IDE curriculum. The evaluation focusses around four main themes: 1) regulatory 2) testing 3) patient-centricity and 4) systemic design. Regulatory aspects and medical testing procedures seem to be disregarded frequently. We assume this is because of a lack of MDD experience and the small thesis timeframe. Furthermore, many students applied medical-oriented systemic tools, which enhances multiperspectivism. However, we found an important lack in the translation to the List of Specifications and to business models of these medical devices. Finally, students introduced various participatory techniques, but seem to struggle with implementing this in the setting of evidence-based medicine.
Sections du résumé
Background
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In this paper we focus on medical device development (MDD) in Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) academia. We want to find which methods our MDD-students currently use, where our guidance has shortcomings and where it brings added value.
Methods
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We have analysed 19 master and 3 doctoral MDD-theses in our IDE curriculum. The evaluation focusses around four main themes: 1) regulatory 2) testing 3) patient-centricity and 4) systemic design.
Results
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Regulatory aspects and medical testing procedures seem to be disregarded frequently. We assume this is because of a lack of MDD experience and the small thesis timeframe. Furthermore, many students applied medical-oriented systemic tools, which enhances multiperspectivism. However, we found an important lack in the translation to the List of Specifications and to business models of these medical devices. Finally, students introduced various participatory techniques, but seem to struggle with implementing this in the setting of evidence-based medicine.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38235301
doi: 10.1080/20476965.2022.2072778
pii: 2072778
pmc: PMC10791094
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
461-471Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Operational Research Society.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).