BIG RAPIDS — A low-cost clinical skills trainer, developed to assist Ferris State University Nursing students in their mastery of various manual patient care activities, moves from the prototype phase to unit production, with the help of an Innovation Grant from Ferris’ External and International Operations department.
Luke Hedman, assistant professor of Product Design Engineering Technology, is director of Ferris Makerspace.
This open laboratory is a free resource to the entire Ferris community, an intentional hotspot for collaborative projects.
Hedman described the creation of the clinical skills trainer as another creative response to COVID-19 challenges.
“The isolation of students and instructors meant that clinical practices were often put on hold,” Hedman said. “Lenna…
