Community-based Collaborative Design in Rehabilitation Engineering: A case study at a Penitentiary Institution

Social responsibility and biomedical engineering come together in rehabilitation engineering, making it an important component for social construction and generation of positive impact in the community. This paper presents the community work carried out between the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente,...

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Published in2021 IEEE 2nd International Congress of Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering (CI-IB&BI) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Ruiz, Karol Daravina, Gonzalez-Vargas, Andres M., Campo, Oscar, Lujan, Paola
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 13.10.2021
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Biomedical engineering
Collaboration
collaborative design
disability
Knowledge engineering
rehabilitation engineering
Security
social intervention
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Summary:Social responsibility and biomedical engineering come together in rehabilitation engineering, making it an important component for social construction and generation of positive impact in the community. This paper presents the community work carried out between the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, and the Medium Security Prison of Cali (EPMSC), where a low-cost mechanotherapy device was designed and manufactured for patients with disabilities were carried out. A new methodology was used, which combines components of social intervention and engineering. Here, we assess the importance of social responsibility in community projects, the link between engineering and the community, and highlight community-based collaborative design as an experience that contributes to a sustainable environment and an accessible world.
DOI:10.1109/CI-IBBI54220.2021.9626062