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Start Date
4-16-2024 3:15 PM
End Date
4-16-2024 3:30 PM
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Abstract
5S (Sort, Set-in-order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain) is a cost-effective organizational methodology frequently employed by biotech research labs and biomanufacturing to streamline optimization of production. Educational research labs offer experiential learning opportunities and serve as ideal environments for implementing 5S principles within undergraduate and graduate biotechnology curricula. In the Jefferson Biotechnology Program, the newly updated “Lab Design and Stewardship (BT303/503)” lecture and laboratory course, now integrates the 5S methodology into biotech student skill development. Participants in the BT303/503 course are instructed to improve workspaces within the biotechnology laboratory to bolster safety, efficiency, and inventory and equipment management. Through a surveying laboratory activity, students evaluate and implement 5S, subsequently reinforcing their understanding during lab practicum experiences in other research facilities on and off campus. Our future efforts aim to expand this initiative across Thomas Jefferson University research laboratories.
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Empowering Students with 5S Organizational Skills for Research Laboratory Optimization
Abstract
5S (Sort, Set-in-order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain) is a cost-effective organizational methodology frequently employed by biotech research labs and biomanufacturing to streamline optimization of production. Educational research labs offer experiential learning opportunities and serve as ideal environments for implementing 5S principles within undergraduate and graduate biotechnology curricula. In the Jefferson Biotechnology Program, the newly updated “Lab Design and Stewardship (BT303/503)” lecture and laboratory course, now integrates the 5S methodology into biotech student skill development. Participants in the BT303/503 course are instructed to improve workspaces within the biotechnology laboratory to bolster safety, efficiency, and inventory and equipment management. Through a surveying laboratory activity, students evaluate and implement 5S, subsequently reinforcing their understanding during lab practicum experiences in other research facilities on and off campus. Our future efforts aim to expand this initiative across Thomas Jefferson University research laboratories.
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