心脏的轮子! 在STEM移动推广计划中
Gretel Monreal1, Steven C Koenig1,2
1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Advances in physiology education
|December 9, 2024
概括
心脏的轮子! STEM移动推广使用移动实验室通过有趣的实践活动来教授心血管科学和健康生活. 该计划提高了健康素养,并激发了所有年龄段对科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 的兴趣.
科学领域:
- 心血管科学 心血管科学
- 提高健康素养 提高健康素养
- 对于STEM教育来说,这是非常重要的.
背景情况:
- 让多样化的社区参与STEM和健康至关重要.
- 传统教育可能无法有效地接触到所有人口群体.
- 一种移动的,体验式的方法可以弥合科学外展的差距.
研究的目的:
- 为公众介绍心血管科学和STEM领域.
- 提高健康素养,促进心脏健康的生活方式.
- 培养STEM积极的身份,并鼓励未来参与STEM.
主要方法:
- 一个由科学家领导的移动实验室 (Heartwheels! 在STEM移动外展).
- 实践,互动模块涵盖心血管解剖学,生理学,医疗技术和工程原理.
- 活动包括心脏剖析,模拟流动循环和医疗器械探索.
主要成果:
- 55个活动达到了11229名不同年龄和背景的参与者.
- 94.5%的人表示有趣的教育经验; 96.6%的人学到了新东西.
- 高满意度评分和积极的反表明有重大影响.
结论:
- 心脏的轮子! 成功地让公众参与心血管科学和STEM.
- 该计划有效地提高了健康素养,并激发了对STEM的好奇心.
- 经验丰富,可访问的外展对服务不足的社区有价值.
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