title: Virtual firm as a role-playing tool for biomedical education.
abstract: The paper describes design of a role-playing tool based on the experience of the practice firm which allows participants to obtain relevant and practical on-the-job experience. The students played the roles of the employees and the applicants for vacant positions at the virtual firm - a small business specialized in biomedical sector - founded to design the demonstration vehicle for a biomedical device. We found that this innovative concept may be used to improve the young engineers performance and to facilitate their post-graduate integration.
authors.affiliation: Institut Superieur d'Ingenieurs de Franche-Comté, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Blagosklonov
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soto-Romero
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guyon
authors.forename: Nadège
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Courjal
authors.forename: Sebatien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Euphrasie
authors.forename: Reda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yahiaoui
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Butterlin
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004501:Education, Medical; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012381:Role Playing; D013663:Teaching