{"id":10514,"date":"2022-04-26T13:24:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2022-04-28T14:56:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:56:35","slug":"faces-on-design-provides-nursing-engineering-students-with-life-changing-coursework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/04\/26\/faces-on-design-provides-nursing-engineering-students-with-life-changing-coursework\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces on Design provides Nursing, Engineering students with life-changing coursework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FAASXi2f6pE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=19&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a general manager in the hospitality industry, it wasn\u2019t unusual when Tom Hoatlin received a call to cover a shift. After receiving such a call on Dec. 17, 1991, Hoatlin got dressed, kissed his newborn baby good-bye and made his way to work.<\/p>\n<p>Not soon after the shift began, two armed robbers held him at gunpoint, eventually shooting him in the base of his neck. Hoatlin was left with a spinal cord injury that resulted in his paraplegia.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Hoatlin has more than 30 years of experience living with his disability, but in a community that is often overlooked, he still faces problems that the world of engineering and design have yet to solve.<\/p>\n<p>That is where University of Detroit Mercy\u2019s multidisciplinary patient-centered program coined Faces on Design, comes in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10515 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/04\/IMG_4226.jpeg?resize=383%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Seniors from the College of Engineering &amp; Science and higher-level Nursing students from the College of Health Professions &amp; McAuley School of Nursing pose with a client during the Faces on Design project.\" width=\"383\" height=\"301\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The joint-effort program pairs seniors from the College of Engineering &amp; Science and higher-level Nursing students from the College of Health Professions &amp; McAuley School of Nursing to improve lives by designing a one-of-a-kind assistive device to combat the lack of solutions within the disabled community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften in university research we test subjects that are all university students because that\u2019s who they have access to, but I want these students thinking when they\u2019re designing that there\u2019s other people we need to consider,\u201d said Megan Conrad, Clare Boothe Luce assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. \u201cWe need to be inclusive of our entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team of students paired with Hoatlin, has designed a chair lift that will assist him in getting back into his wheelchair, from which he occasionally falls. Another group of students produced a custom easel for Mike Sackey, a client who became a quadriplegic after a bodysurfing accident left him with a spinal cord injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom an engineering perspective, one of the things we struggle with when we teach core courses, is solving open-ended problems,\u201d said Darrell Kleinke, professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of Professional Engineering Programs at Detroit Mercy. \u201cIdentifying what the problems are and then designing solutions\u2014it\u2019s really a combination of art and science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would even argue that formulating the problem is just as challenging, if not more challenging, than solving the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-semester course first focuses on meeting with the client, understanding their daily living rituals then collaborating with the client and each other in identifying an obstacle the team of students could help the client overcome.<\/p>\n<p>The second half of the course involves implementing the team design with a prototype, putting it to the test, and modifying it to fit the client&#8217;s specific needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never would\u2019ve even thought to have put these two learning curriculums together and now, after experiencing it from start to finish, I just think this is such a staple program, it should be taught in every school,\u201d said Alyssa Nardone, a senior Nursing student.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration allows Nursing students to implement everything they have learned from pharmacology to community health and be able to relay that to the Engineering students to assist in their design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have different mindsets and experiences, when the engineers are thinking of building something they\u2019re thinking of keeping it together so that it doesn\u2019t break and I\u2019m thinking of safety concerns,\u201d said Nardone. \u201cWe moved away from certain designs because I had the ability and insight to say \u2018well this type of model could create pressure ulcers or increases the risk of skin damage,\u2019 a bunch of things that, as a Nursing student, we could prevent before even going down that route.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the course is packed with learning opportunities and freedom to create, it does not come without its complications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenge that we face is scheduling,\u201d said Molly McClelland, professor of Nursing. \u201cThe Engineering curriculum and the Nursing curriculum are on very different tracks, the students have classes at various times so the logistics of getting together can be a challenge. It\u2019s a lot of independent study and work outside of the actual classroom, but this has also proven to be one of the most beneficial parts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOftentimes the teams will meet at the clients&#8217; house or outside of the classroom so they\u2019re forming these strong relationships among each other and learning skills that they otherwise wouldn\u2019t learn inside a \u2018normal\u2019 classroom setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the course is a requirement for Engineering students, it is an elective for Nursing students, so spaces are limited and they fill up fast. Time conflicts and maximizing credit hours forced Raed Farraj, a Pre-Med Electrical Engineering undergraduate, to pass on the second half of the class, but that didn\u2019t stop him from auditing the program he fell in love with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was involved in the first semester so I really wanted to fulfill my obligation to them and see this project through to the end,\u201d said Farraj. \u201cThis is extremely multidisciplinary, you have a Nursing student, I\u2019m pre-health, we have electrical engineers and mechanical engineers \u2014 what more could you want in an amazing program like this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The multidisciplinary class closes with an almost celebratory design presentation event at the end of each school year. But this can also be the most stressful portion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you made the greatest project of all time and it doesn\u2019t work for the client, that means you might\u2019ve done a great technical job, but failed at delivering something useful for the client,\u201d said Kleinke. \u201cThe Faces on Design title is intended to mean that \u2014 it\u2019s the look on the clients face when you\u2019ve delivered that work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that lesson extends well beyond the course and we hope that when students leave here, they\u2019ll have this experience in mind and think about people with disabilities as they go about their daily job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students and clients are set to meet for their final presentation on April 22 at 10 a.m. in the Engineering Building\u2019s High Bay on the McNicholas Campus.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the College of Health Professions &amp; McAuley School of Nursing, please visit <a id=\"LPlnk154465\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/healthprofessions.udmercy.edu\/index.php. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealthprofessions.udmercy.edu%2Findex.php&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ctaylorvi%40udmercy.edu%7C74ef6aae33fc47370afa08da22bf0e4e%7Cc8a4c2d8bd6840bab8b67522be9a7171%7C0%7C0%7C637860501220260930%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YShR0AZhKyiaAqLefPFF98JjMRlCV4lfacL6SS6ifsg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/healthprofessions.udmercy.edu\/index.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more about the College of Engineering &amp; Science, visit\u00a0<a id=\"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/eng-sci.udmercy.edu\/index.php. 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