BMEntored: Enhancing the First-Year Experience in a BME Doctoral Program

Lacy White; Mae Lewis; Marialice Mastronardi; Maura Borrego; H Grady Rylander 3rd; Mia K Markey

doi:10.1007/s43683-022-00075-2

BMEntored: Enhancing the First-Year Experience in a BME Doctoral Program

Biomed Eng Educ. 2022;2(2):197-202. doi: 10.1007/s43683-022-00075-2. Epub 2022 Jun 29.

Authors

Lacy White¹, Mae Lewis¹, Marialice Mastronardi², Maura Borrego^{2

3}, H Grady Rylander 3rd¹, Mia K Markey¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA.
² Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA.
³ Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA.

Abstract

We describe our experiences with the first offering of a new program, BMEntored, for supporting first-year doctoral students in Biomedical Engineering (BME) during their first semester. The goal of BMEntored was to enhance the first-semester experience of first-year doctoral students in BME with an emphasis on guiding students in selecting a research supervisor and promoting cross-cohort, cross-lab social connections.

Keywords: Doctoral student; First-year; Peer mentor; Professional development.

Grants and funding

T32 EB007507/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States