Virtual firm as a role-playing tool for biomedical education.
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.
Blagosklonov
Oleg
O
Institut Superieur d'Ingenieurs de Franche-Comté, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Soto-Romero
Georges
G
Guyon
Florent
F
Courjal
Nadège
N
Euphrasie
Sebatien
S
Yahiaoui
Reda
R
Butterlin
Nadia
N
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