Students researched user needs, learned garment fabrication skills, and designed adaptive clothing solutions to improve comfort, accessibility, and independence for individuals with medical needs. (Photo by Grayson Keglovic)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/nMission-Driven Work/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n During fabrication day, students assembled their garments with guidance from sewing professionals. Volunteers later returned to try on the finished outfits and provide feedback on the fit before final adjustments were made./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n
The project culminated in a final presentation during which student teams explained their designs and the patient volunteers modeled the clothing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201cWe are not just changing clothing,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201d Hoffman says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u2019re actually changing how people move through their daily activities, how they feel about themselves and how independently they can live./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n
The experience also reinforced the value of interdisciplinary collaboration in healthcare./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201cMy biggest takeaway from this project is how important it is to work with all the other professions, especially in healthcare,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201d Peitz says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201cWe all need to come together to make the patient/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u2019s health our first priority./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/nThe Health Tech Innovators program was developed in part through a grant from VentureWell to promote innovation in healthcare technology. Additional support and materials were provided through funding from the Chesley G. Magruder Foundation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 麻豆原创’s Rehabilitation Innovation Center, teams of students from different disciplines are transforming everyday clothing into life-changing solutions for people with disabilities and medical challenges./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":154004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,12],"tags":[54280,973,16873,5742,2297,14914,3714],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-154001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-health","tag-bari-hoffman","tag-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-college-of-health-professions-and-sciences","tag-health-sciences","tag-innovation","tag-medicine","tag-physical-therapy"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/154001/n
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