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Using 3D Printed Models To Teach About Heart Defects

Boise State University
The printed heart model designed by Samantha Davis.

Boise State clinical assistant professor Samantha Davis recently received the 2018 National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Gary A. Smith Educational Award for Innovation in Education Achievement for her development of a 3D printed heart that aids students in studying heart defects. Davis joins Idaho Matters to talk about her heart.

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