2017 ES Report BME A5

Division of Biomedical Engineering Annual Report on Engaged Scholarship 2016-2017“Our Mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society.”

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100UP Biomedical Engineering Workshop for High School LearnersThe workshop on biomedical engineering for 80 grade-10 learners from 20 secondaryschools in Khayelitsha was held on 12 August 2017 at the Faculty of Health Sciences,UCT. The workshop was conducted in collaboration with UCT’s School DevelopmentUnit. It contributes to the 100up project which is based on one of the five objectives ofthe School Improvement Initiative supported by the VC. The grade-10 learners are intheir first year of the 100up programme. During the half-day workshop, the learners wereexposed to different aspects of biomedical engineering and related disciplines at thevarious units/sites involved, including medical device development, orthopaedicbiomechanics, medical imaging and image processing, biomaterials, mechanobiology,health innovation, and tissue engineering.Purpose: To engage with school learners from designated groups on science,engineering and technology and thereby attract them to pursue a career in these areas.UCT staff members involved: Thomas Franz (HODiv and Lead), Tania Douglas,Sudesh Sivarasu, Jill Fortuin Abrahams (all from Division of Biomedical Engineering);Ernesta Meintjes, Alkathafi Alhamud and Marcin Jankiewicz (all from Cape UniversitiesBody Imaging Centre at UCT), Deon Bezuidenhout and Neil Davies, (both fromCardiovascular Research Unit, Dept. of Surgery). Key thematic issues: Schoollearners, designated groups, outreach, SET, transformation. Nature of externalconstituencies involved: 20 secondary schools, Khayelitsha. Nature of relationshipswith external constituencies: Relationships with external constituencies are manifoldand includes joint conceptualisation with schools and industry, contributions (in kind) ofindustry partners to the events and feedback from all external partners. The initiative willthrive through feedback from all external partners to enhance the initiative as it grows.Length of relationships: 18 months, with the aim of sustainable, long-term participationto the 100up programme and the VC’s School Improvement Initiative. Dominant formof engaged scholarship: Teaching. Dominant mode of engagement: Public dialogue,popular education. Nature of outputs: Report on divisional and departmental webpages. Assessment of impact: Through UCT’s School Development Unit as part of theSchool Improvement Initiative and feedback from the external constituencies involved. 3

Innovating for Sign Language Interpreter ServiceIn the Ophthalmology outpatients’ department at Groote Schuur Academic Hospital, apilot project commenced in 2010 to provide qualified sign language interpreters for Deafpatients. The project was headed by Dr. Marion Heap of the Health and Human RightsProgramme in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine. After 7 years ofoperation Dr Heap felt the service now needed an evaluation and revamp. The HealthInnovation and Design (HUB5031F) staff and the 2017 student cohort were approachedfor their assistance. Health Innovation and Design is master’s level course run in the firstsemester which aims to introduce participants to human-centered design of solutions topromote health and wellbeing and address needs identified through engagement withrelevant stakeholders. In the first semester our students interviewed, deaf patients, deafstaff, interpreters and nurses at the Eye clinic to gain an understanding how this serviceworks and what it means to all stakeholders. Using the design thinking methodology,students came up with ideas at the end of the first semester on what can be done torevamp the service. Throughout the process there was a two-way engagement withusers to gain feedback on student insights. In the second semester, one potentialsolution was selected for further refinement and this was ongoing at the time of thisreport.Purpose: (1) To redesign the way in which deaf patients access health care services atthe Groote Schuur Eye clinic in a world where the use of sign language is limited. (2) Toevaluate the Sign Language Interpreter Service in general. Students in HUB5031F underthe facilitation of Dr’s Nailah Conrad, Trust Saidi and Tinashe Mutsvangwa used design-thinking principles to design solutions to issues they identified with the current service.UCT staff members involved: Tinashe Mutsvangwa (Course convener and Lead),Tania Douglas of the Health Innovation programme; Marion Heap of the Health andHuman Rights Programme in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine. Natureof external constituencies involved: Groote Schuur Hospital, Eye Clinic. Keythematic issues: Access to health care services; Health Innovation; addressing userneeds; contextually appropriate interventions. Nature of relationships with externalconstituencies: All activities were undertaken in consultation and collaboration with DrMarion Heap and her team. Activities at the clinic were conducted within the frameworkof the clinic. Length of relationships: March 2017-current. It is envisioned that thisrelationship will continue to facilitate implementation of interventions proposed by 4

students. Dominant form of engaged scholarship: Teaching: Organisation of ServiceLearning/community based education programmes as part of the formal curriculum;Applied/ action research. Dominant mode of engagement: Research; AppliedResearch; Teaching. Nature of the outputs: Academic articles planned. Assessmentof impact: (1) Process - Students have presented to all stakeholders and their insightsand ideas were well received; (2) Outcomes of the initiative - An ongoing relationshipwith Sign Language Interpreter Service; Insights into the current issues the service isfacing; Several innovation ideas of how to revamp the service; An innovation that is beinginvestigated further for possible implementation; An MPhil project interrogating theengagement. 5

Basic and Cardiac MRI Training to Radiographers and CardiologistsTraining workshops for practicing radiographers/radiologists.Purpose: Basic MRI Course - To train radiographers/radiologists in basic MRI physics,to provide hands-on MRI training, and teach best clinical practice. Cardiac MRI course -To train radiographers, radiologists and cardiologists in cardiac MRI theory and methods.UCT staff members involved: Ernesta Meintjes (lead), Belinda Ntuli (from Departmentof Medicine, Cardiology); Dave Justice (from Institute of Infectious Disease andMolecular Medicine, Division of Virology); Ali Alhamud, Marcin Jankiewicz, Mr StephenJermy, Ms Petronella Samuels, Ms Ingrid Op’tHof, Ms Mazwi Maishi, Mr Daniel Doetz;Prof Ntobeko Ntusi (from Medicine – in cardiac MRI workshops). Nature of externalconstituencies involved: Professional radiographers/radiologists. Key thematicissues addressed: Improved clinical service delivery. Nature of relationships withexternal constituencies: The courses are structured according to feedback fromradiology practices, scanner vendors, and MR technologists. Length of relationships:We hope to continue offering about two basic MRI courses per annum, and one cardiacMRI course per annum. There have been requests for an advanced follow-up cardiacMRI course and an advanced neuroimaging course to cover modalities such as MRspectroscopy and diffusion imaging. Dominant form of the engaged scholarship:Teaching: Continuing Education/Continuing Professional Development courses.Dominant mode of engagement: Teaching. Assessment of impact: We are inconstant communication with radiology practices, and the radiology and radiographyprofessional bodies, as well as scanner manufacturers to continually assess need andimpact. 6

The Living Heart Project – A Public-private Partnership to Accelerate Researchand Translation in Cardiovascular Diseases and TherapiesThe Living Heart Project is uniting cardiovascular researchers, educators, medicaldevice developers, regulatory agencies, and practicing cardiologists on a shared missionto develop and validate highly accurate personalized digital human heart models. Thesemodels will establish a unified foundation for cardiovascular in silico medicine and serveas a common technology base for education and training, medical device design, testing,clinical diagnosis and regulatory science —creating an effective path for rapidlytranslating current and future cutting edge innovations directly into improved patient care.The Living Heart Project is led by Dassault Systèmes Simulia, a multinational softwarecompany. The project current has 44 members from academia and research, 27members from industry, 6 clinician members and two regulatory members. A/ProfThomas Franz from our division is one of the academic members.Purpose: To form a public-private partnership to accelerate research and translation incardiovascular diseases and therapies. UCT staff members involved: Thomas Franzand Neil Davies. Key thematic issues: Strategic research; innovation; translation.Nature of external constituencies involved: 27 international companies. 2 regulatorybodies. Nature of relationships with external constituencies: Relationships withexternal constituencies include joint conceptualisation of activities with Dassault 7

Systèmes Simulia and other members of the Living Heart Project, consultations andproviding feedback. Length of relationships: One year, ongoing. Dominant form ofthe engaged scholarship: Research and Service. Dominant mode of engagement:Advice to external organisations; knowledge transfer; technical assistance. Nature ofthe outputs: Computational models, research publications, collaborations.Assessment of impact: Impact is for example assessed through peer-review ofresearch outputs. 8

Division of Biomedical Engineering Department of Human Biology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town Private Bag X3 Observatory 7935 South Africa Tel: +27 21 650 3093 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.bme.uct.ac.za9