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Course module: BMB529019
BMB529019
Bio-Tech-Med interdisciplinary team training (BITT project)
Course info
Course codeBMB529019
EC3
Course goals
After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
 
  • Translate a real-life disease-related problem into a well-formulated problem definition;
  • Reflect on his/her personal interdisciplinary collaboration experience, and on the added value of an interdisciplinary approach to solve a disease-related challenge;
  • Acquire efficient communication skills to engage the challenge stakeholders;
  • Engage all stakeholders’ perspectives in the formulation of the solution to the disease-related challenge;
  • Contribute actively in the interdisciplinary collaboration and to enhance group dynamics;
  • Collaborate effectively while working in geographically distant settings and within a limited time frame;
  • Formulate, pitch, and defend a proposal that is scientifically sound, feasible, innovative, and interdisciplinary, which answers the problem definition.
Content
Period (from – till): 23 Febuary - 16 June 2022
 
Faculty
drs. R.R. de Jonge, course coordinator.
S. de Jong, PhD, UMCU, DH&L, Med. Physiology.
 
Course description
Bio-Tech-Med-Nutrition Interdisciplinary Team Training (BITT) is an interdisciplinary, challenge-based elective. The elective is jointly organized by UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, University, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR).

Student groups consisting of Medicine (UMCU), Nutrition & Health (WUR), Biomedical Engineering (TU/e) and Biomedical Sciences (UMCU) are introduced to a disease-related problem by a patient and its doctor. They will develop a solution for it by making use of everyone’s expertise and experts they will find themselves.

Within a time span of 5 months, students collaborate in an interdisciplinary setting to address the patient-driven challenge (± 4h /week). Plenary sessions that should be attended are organized on 23 February, 7 April, and 16 June.

In this elective, students develop skills like design thinking and entrepreneurial skills which are not covered in the regular program and can be very useful in the students’ future career. This also goes for adopting other perspectives; this includes the views of both other disciplines and the end user (patient).

Literature/study material used:
Primary literature

Activities
Participate in interdisciplinary (boundary crossing) teamwork.
Attend three plenary days (lectures, interactive sessions, workshops).
Pitch your final solution by using a poster.
Work on your boundary crossing learning objective and write a reflection paper on this.

Examination
Pitch & poster of solution (graded)
Active participation (fail/pass)
Reflection paper (fail/pass)
 
Contact email address
r.r.dejonge-2@umcutrecht.nl

Registration:
You can register for this course via Osiris Student. More information about the registration procedure can be found here on the Studyguide.
Additionally, you are required to send an e-mail to the course coordinator, specifying the course code, the masterprogramme you participate in and  your background (biomedical/medical/technical).

Mandatory for students in own Master’s programme:
No

Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programme:
Yes, for all GSLS students

Prerequisite knowledge
None.

Other remarks
This 3 EC course can be extended to 5 EC. The extension consists of an individual assignment that focuses on the inclusion of additional disciplines in the proposed solution.
Be aware that in that case you should register for the 5 EC variant of this course with course code BMB539019.
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