Overall, as students we gained many takeaways from the designing of a novel solution to patient flow related hospital inefficiencies. For example, learning how to rapidly prototype new designs in accordance to design specifications laid out by our PI has been paramount in learning about customer specifications in relation to engineering solutions. Specifically, we learned how to become more aware of the patient experience when coming up with designs rather than coming up with a concrete design based upon idealistic conditions - because at the end of the day our role as bioengineers was to create the best possible designs for our potential clients.
Working within the biodesign framework exposed us to the intricate process of developing a cutting-edge biomedical product. Each of the assignments throughout the year long course helped us think more critically about the product that we were building and exposed major design flaws in SAMY. Additionally, the presentation components and team-based work helped us develop intangible soft skills that we will be able to utilize in the future.