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View article: Empathy in Engineering Students – Initial Assessment of Student Perceived Ability
Empathy in Engineering Students – Initial Assessment of Student Perceived Ability Open
Empathy is an important 21st century skill for engineers, but little is known about how students self-identify their empathy skills. Forty second year systems design engineering students completed a survey containing a subset of the Interp…
View article: Developing a Biomedical Stakeholder Café: Process, Development, Implementation and Lessons Learned
Developing a Biomedical Stakeholder Café: Process, Development, Implementation and Lessons Learned Open
Developing and facilitating opportunities for students to engage with stakeholders in ways that are meaningful and educational is challenging in academic settings. This work presents a student-stakeholder interactional model designed as an…
View article: A scoping review on pediatric sepsis prediction technologies in healthcare
A scoping review on pediatric sepsis prediction technologies in healthcare Open
View article: Rebranding the Library Through Engineering Outreach: Three Case Studies at the University of Waterloo
Rebranding the Library Through Engineering Outreach: Three Case Studies at the University of Waterloo Open
In 2023, with a full return to in-person learning post-Covid-19 lockdowns, Engineering Librarians at the University of Waterloo seized opportunities to explore new programming and partnerships. This paper presents three case studies of col…
View article: Biomedical Stakeholder Café: A People-Centered Approach for the Future of Design Engineering Education
Biomedical Stakeholder Café: A People-Centered Approach for the Future of Design Engineering Education Open
In Fall 2023, a first-of-its-kind student-stakeholder interaction event called the Biomedical Stakeholder Café was run at the University of Waterloo. The goal of the event was to facilitate capstone engineering students connecting with div…
View article: Capturing Home Care Information Management and Communication Processes Among Caregivers of Older Adults: Qualitative Study to Inform Technology Design
Capturing Home Care Information Management and Communication Processes Among Caregivers of Older Adults: Qualitative Study to Inform Technology Design Open
Background The demand for complex home care is increasing with the growing aging population and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Family and hired caregivers play a critical role in providing care for individuals with complex home care needs.…
View article: This Habit is Hard to Break: How to Incorporate Different Voices in STEM Information Literacy
This Habit is Hard to Break: How to Incorporate Different Voices in STEM Information Literacy Open
This paper explores the connection between critical theory, information evaluation, and the instructional practice of critique for STEM students and librarian instructors. Using an emerging theory and instructional method, the authors exam…
View article: Integrating Stakeholder Interactions into First-Year Design Courses: Perceived Value & Impact on Students
Integrating Stakeholder Interactions into First-Year Design Courses: Perceived Value & Impact on Students Open
Incorporating stakeholders into engineering design courses is important but challenging. A case-study-based approach of integrating stakeholder interactions into first-year engineering design courses was studied with the hypothesis that st…
View article: Examining In-Person and Asynchronous Information-Seeking Behavior Instruction Among First-Year Engineering Students
Examining In-Person and Asynchronous Information-Seeking Behavior Instruction Among First-Year Engineering Students Open
This will be a complete research paper. The global pandemic has necessitated a rapid move online [1], [2], requiring educators to pioneer online instruction even as they deliver it. The extent and speed of the change have raised questions …
View article: Caregiving Experiences with Health Information Management and Communication in Complex Home Care: Informing Technology Design for Caregivers of Older Adults
Caregiving Experiences with Health Information Management and Communication in Complex Home Care: Informing Technology Design for Caregivers of Older Adults Open
Purpose : The objective of this study was to understand how caregivers manage and communicate health information for older adults who require complex home care, informing the design of new technologies to support patient safety in the home…
View article: Where We Are: Understanding Instructor Perceptions of Empathy in Engineering Education
Where We Are: Understanding Instructor Perceptions of Empathy in Engineering Education Open
Empathy is a necessary soft skill for 21st century engineers that can support engineering design, creativity, ethical skills, and collaboration. Empathy-based pedagogical research has predominantly focused on course or project-specific app…
View article: Surveying Land-Based Learning for Engineering Education: Preliminary Steps
Surveying Land-Based Learning for Engineering Education: Preliminary Steps Open
This paper reports the findings of an initial literature and website search of land-based education initiatives in Canadian post-secondary institutions. This work represents the first stage of a larger project, which aims to gather informa…
View article: Automated digital technologies for supporting sepsis prediction in children: a scoping review protocol
Automated digital technologies for supporting sepsis prediction in children: a scoping review protocol Open
Introduction While there have been several literature reviews on the performance of digital sepsis prediction technologies and clinical decision-support algorithms for adults, there remains a knowledge gap in examining the development of a…
View article: Caregiver Expectations of Interfacing With Voice Assistants to Support Complex Home Care: Mixed Methods Study
Caregiver Expectations of Interfacing With Voice Assistants to Support Complex Home Care: Mixed Methods Study Open
Background Providing care in home environments is complex, and often the pressure is on caregivers to document information and ensure care continuity. Digital information management and communication technologies may support care coordinat…
View article: Caregiver Expectations of Interfacing With Voice Assistants to Support Complex Home Care: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Caregiver Expectations of Interfacing With Voice Assistants to Support Complex Home Care: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Providing care in home environments is complex, and often the pressure is on caregivers to document information and ensure care continuity. Digital information management and communication technologies may support care coordina…
View article: ‘What if my Wi-Fi crashes during an exam?’ First-year engineering student perceptions of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
‘What if my Wi-Fi crashes during an exam?’ First-year engineering student perceptions of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid transition to remote education in post-secondary institutions. To understand the first-year engineering undergraduate student perceptions of this transition to online learning, surveys were admini…
View article: Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs to Inform the Design of Digital Health Systems: Formative Qualitative Study
Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs to Inform the Design of Digital Health Systems: Formative Qualitative Study Open
Background Family caregivers of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) are responsible for managing and communicating information regarding their child’s health in their homes. Although family caregivers currently capture informat…
View article: Navigating complex authorities: Intellectual freedom, information literacy and truth in pandemic STEM information
Navigating complex authorities: Intellectual freedom, information literacy and truth in pandemic STEM information Open
Traversing scientific information has become increasingly fraught, as the new information landscape allows anyone to access endless information with a few keystrokes. However, those trying to find information, understand authorities and na…
View article: Including the Reason for Use on Prescriptions Sent to Pharmacists: Scoping Review
Including the Reason for Use on Prescriptions Sent to Pharmacists: Scoping Review Open
Background In North America, although pharmacists are obligated to ensure prescribed medications are appropriate, information about a patient’s reason for use is not a required component of a legal prescription. The benefits of prescribers…
View article: ENGINEERING, PATRIARCHY, AND THE PLURIVERSE: WHAT WORLD OF MANY WORLDS DO WE DESIGN? WHAT WORLDS DO WE TEACH?
ENGINEERING, PATRIARCHY, AND THE PLURIVERSE: WHAT WORLD OF MANY WORLDS DO WE DESIGN? WHAT WORLDS DO WE TEACH? Open
This paper presents a brief review of sustainability definitions and analyzes ways of designingtaught in our Engineering education system, specifically acknowledging the capitalist, patriarchal, colonial, Western world that much, if not mo…
View article: FIRST YEAR COMMUNICATIONS CLASSES: APPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL EVALUATION OF INFORMATION IN A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING FRAMEWORK
FIRST YEAR COMMUNICATIONS CLASSES: APPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL EVALUATION OF INFORMATION IN A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING FRAMEWORK Open
Increasingly in an information-centric society, educational institutions must navigate ideological and pragmatic approaches to teaching how and where students find information used to make decisions. Engineering students’ information-seeki…
View article: DEVELOPING ETHICAL ENGINEERS WITH EMPATHY
DEVELOPING ETHICAL ENGINEERS WITH EMPATHY Open
Empathy-based skill development can help engineering students work towards professional expectations regarding ethical duties. However, there is a lack of explicit, holistic pedagogical approaches toempathy education in engineering. In BME…
View article: Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs to Inform the Design of Digital Health Systems: Formative Qualitative Study (Preprint)
Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs to Inform the Design of Digital Health Systems: Formative Qualitative Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Family caregivers of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) are responsible for managing and communicating information regarding their child’s health in their homes. Although family caregivers currently capture informa…
View article: Technologies for fostering intergenerational connectivity and relationships: Scoping review and emergent concepts
Technologies for fostering intergenerational connectivity and relationships: Scoping review and emergent concepts Open
The growing capabilities of technology are enabling increased support for communication and meaningful interactions that span distance, cultures, and generations. Interactions between youth (people younger than 19 years old) and older adul…
View article: Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access and Needs: Results from a Scoping Review
Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access and Needs: Results from a Scoping Review Open
nformation is one of the most important elements students need to thrive in academic, social, and professional contexts. Information seeking behavior is expressed in various forms, but at its core is the process of collecting, receiving, a…
View article: Information-seeking Behavior Among First-year Engineering Students and the Impacts of Pedagogical Intervention
Information-seeking Behavior Among First-year Engineering Students and the Impacts of Pedagogical Intervention Open
ABET accreditation criteria specifically require engineering students to demonstrate the ability to research broad contexts informing engineering problems and emerging technical developments to facilitate solutions. Such research fundament…
View article: Addressing Human Factor Challenges in Paediatric Home Care: Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Home Care Communication App
Addressing Human Factor Challenges in Paediatric Home Care: Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Home Care Communication App Open
View article: Evaluative Frameworks and Scientific Knowledge for Undergraduate STEM Students: An Illustrative Case Study Perspective
Evaluative Frameworks and Scientific Knowledge for Undergraduate STEM Students: An Illustrative Case Study Perspective Open
COVID-19 gives an important focal point to the increasingly complex and overwhelming amounts, types, and availability of information undergraduate STEM students are faced with. The world at large is being asked to seek information around s…
View article: Including the Reason for Use on Prescriptions Sent to Pharmacists: Scoping Review (Preprint)
Including the Reason for Use on Prescriptions Sent to Pharmacists: Scoping Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND In North America, although pharmacists are obligated to ensure prescribed medications are appropriate, information about a patient’s reason for use is not a required component of a legal prescription. The benefits of prescriber…
View article: EMBEDDING LIBRARIANS IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS: THREE CASE STUDIES WITH ENGINEERING STUDENTS
EMBEDDING LIBRARIANS IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS: THREE CASE STUDIES WITH ENGINEERING STUDENTS Open
As the information landscape becomes increasingly complex, librarians must adapt accordingly. With information so readily available, students overestimate their research skills and lack awareness of how the library can help. However, libra…