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International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD) (7th : 2015)

What do sustaining life and sustainable engineering have in common? Siller, Thomas J.; Johnson, Gearold R.; Troxell, Wade O.

Abstract

Medical Education professionals in the U.S. have realized that medical education now consists of three main features: diagnosis, cure and in the case of chronic illness, health management (sustaining life). In a similar way, engineering education may be characterized by problem definition (diagnosis), problem solving and in the case of chronic engineering problems, problem management. Medical education has taken steps to modify its curriculum and pedagogy to reflect this new awareness whereas engineering education has not. What can engineering education learn from the medical education community? And, in particular, how do further challenges of sustainable engineering impact how engineering education should change?

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What do sustaining life and sustainable engineering have in common?
Creator
Siller, Thomas J.; Johnson, Gearold R.; Troxell, Wade O.
Contributor
International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (7th : 2015 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Date Issued
2015-06
Description
Medical Education professionals in the U.S. have realized that medical education now consists of three main features: diagnosis, cure and in the case of chronic illness, health management (sustaining life). In a similar way, engineering education may be characterized by problem definition (diagnosis), problem solving and in the case of chronic engineering problems, problem management. Medical education has taken steps to modify its curriculum and pedagogy to reflect this new awareness whereas engineering education has not. What can engineering education learn from the medical education community? And, in particular, how do further challenges of sustainable engineering impact how engineering education should change?
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Conference Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2015-06-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0064746
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/53815
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Nesbit, S. & Froese, T. M. (Eds.) (2015). Proceedings of EESD15: The 7th Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. June 9-12.
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Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Other
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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