If a Marvel superhero suffered a debilitating injury during the Infinity War and suddenly couldn’t walk, what device would you design to help him or her get back into the fray?
Fifty P-TECH Healthcare students accepted this “Wakanda Design Challenge” as part of a creative problem solving workshop based in the world of the blockbuster movies Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther. The event on Sept. 13 was part of the annual conference hosted by Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington, D.C.
The students participating were well prepared: As students in the Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH, housed at Baltimore’s Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, they are already immersed in a variety of health care fields, including information technology, nursing, physical therapy, and respiratory services. Now in its third year, the program at Dunbar has recently rebranded itself as P-TECH Healthcare to reflect its specific focus area.