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Tyler Ramsey

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Within the field of Biomedical Engineering (BME), numerous concerns have risen over the last decade regarding the teaching of ethics. Many scholars believe that ethics are either taught poorly or not at all to students in engineering, especially at the undergraduate level. To better understand and gain perspective, approximately 20 scholars were interviewed, including BME professors and advisors. From the wide array of backgrounds and experiences, the research team utilized the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) to discover key incidents and experiences where ethical/unethical actions and choices were made by or experienced by BME faculty during their careers. From the undergoing study, one key theme that has emerged so far is approximately two-thirds of the interviewees did not have any exposure to ethics while they were undergraduate students. Using this data, we hope to understand why a majority of engineers are not taught or exposed to ethics while in undergrad, while also trying to have ethical engineering research inform more effective educational heuristics for preparing ethical engineering researchers. Additionally, we will be trying figure out the best ways to incorporate the teaching of ethics into the Biomedical Engineering undergraduate curriculum.

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Purdue University / 2023

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Tyler Ramsey