New Model for Developing Early System Level Thinkers Using Hybrid Industry-Academia Training
This project will develop and pilot a hybrid industry-academia training model for new and incumbent employees, as well as prospective university graduates entering the workforce.
Categories
Incumbent worker training
Project status
100% Completed
Industry Need
A significant gap exists in the biopharmaceutical industry between the academic development of students and the professional development of incumbent employees. This gap is further exacerbated by a tendency to immediately train new employees in a specific area or function both quickly and deeply based on the immediate workforce needs. This leaves students
or new employees with very little systems level awareness, or understanding of what the
biomanufacturing challenges and opportunities are beyond their initial area of exposure.
The initial silos that this process creates can last for many years of an employees career, and contribute to a lack of systems level thinking across an organization.
Solution
The most direct way to address this gap is to create a model that jointly delivers trainings with co-owned learning objectives, content and outcomes. This can be achieved by directly pairing in-house industry training programs with an academic component that is based on the individual strengths of the partners and clearly identified training needs/value for the target audience. A
hybrid model of this type has the potential to create a clearly defined, sustainable pipeline of attendees that de-risks the value proposition for both academic and industry partners.
Outputs/Deliverables
OUTPUTS
Created classroom and hands-on experimental content for the 6 day course.
Introduction to New and Traditional Technologies in Biomanufacturing
Hands on Equipment Operation, Applications & Troubleshooting
Introduction to Data Analysis, Interpretation and Processes
Case Studies
Sterile Aseptic Conditions
Created 17 e-learning modules in the 4 disciplines (genomics, flow cytometry, proteomics, and aseptic techniques) to be used as pre-work.
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