The TRCR Summer School aims to strengthen the collaboration between engineers and clinicians for the development of novel technological tools and therapeutic plans that are able to answer patients’ and clinicians’ needs and improve their quality of life.

Engineers and clinicians need to develop a common language and work side by side from the very early stages of the design of new technological tools all the way to their application in clinical settings. Bridging the technical knowledge with medical knowledge would allow to explore new solutions in technology-assisted rehabilitation.

 

The school will focus on three complementary topics, each of which will be examined both from the clinical and the engineering perspective:

  1. Clinical and robotic assessments: two complementary domains
  2. From assessment to therapy: shaping a personalized therapy plan
  3. Patient/therapist-oriented design of robots for rehabilitation and assistance

Experts from the different disciplines involved in robot-assisted therapy will be brought together to discuss the recent developments and findings, interact and exchange views and opinions, with the intent of finding a common understanding and a definition of shared goals. This summer school aims not only at promoting interactions between engineers, but also at making work in synergy during selected case studies.

Two thirds of the participants will be students from ETHZ and EPFL, with backgrounds in the different engineering disciplines or health/life sciences. 

The other third will be selected among national and international applicants based on their background in fields related to rehabilitation. Applicants with a medical or therapeutic background are encouraged to apply in order to promote knowledge exchange across disciplines.

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