What makes a biomedical engineer?
What makes a biomedical engineer?
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10.1109/memb.2003.1237489
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2003-07-01
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Linsenmeier, RA
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Linsenmeier, RA
这篇文章集中在本科生物医学工程(BME)课程，特别是如何解决工业需求，以及在多大程度上可以和应该存在一个共同的课程。这是对Vanth(范德比尔特大学、西北大学、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校和哈佛/麻省理工学院健康、科学和技术)生物工程教育技术工程研究中心当前工作的部分回顾、部分描述和部分社论。这篇社论提供了一个不断发展的努力的快照，以整合来自许多来源的想法，以改进BME的课程。这些想法和建议可以在Vanth课程项目的网站上找到。“生物医学工程”一词指的是一种以医学为重点的工程。它包括被称为“生物工程”(BE)的项目，但与BME具有相同的风格。首批BME本科学位是在不到40年前授予的。关于BME中的B.S.所需的内容知识的完全一致现在还不存在，而且在不久的将来也不太可能存在。我们最近对认证课程的必修课程进行了调查，发现没有所有课程都是必修的，尽管生物力学和系统生理学课程相当常见。然而，在课程层面缺乏共识并不意味着在内容层面没有相似之处。我们的假设是，有可能就BME课程的关键要素达成共识。
This article focuses on undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) curriculum, particularly on how to address industrial needs and to what extent a common curriculum can and should exist. It is part review, part description of the current work of the VaNTH (Vanderbilt University; Northwestern University; University of Texas at Austin; and Health, Science and Technology at Harvard/MIT) Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies, and part editorial. The editorial offers a snapshot of the continually evolving effort to integrate ideas from many sources for the improvement of curriculum in BME. These ideas and recommendations are accessible on the Web site of the VaNTH curriculum project. The term "biomedical engineering" denotes a type of engineering with a strongly medical focus. It encompasses programs that are called "bioengineering" (BE) but which have the same flavor as BME. The first BME undergraduate degrees were granted less than 40 years ago. Full agreement about the content knowledge needed for a B.S. in BME does not exist now and is not likely to exist in the near future. Our recent survey of required curriculum in accredited programs found no courses that were required by all, although courses in biomechanics and systems physiology were quite common. This lack of agreement at the course level does not mean that there is no similarity at the content level, however. Our hypothesis is that it will be possible to achieve consensus about key elements of the BME curriculum.