ATE Biomedical Equipment Technology Program

医疗器械、医疗器械和信息技术的进步，加上病人护理和记录保存方面的改革，产生了对电子技术人员的需求，这些技术人员专门负责安装、维护和修理生物医学设备和装置以及连接它们的计算机网络。费城社区学院(CCP)将与一个由来自大费城地区医院、诊所、卫生系统和教育机构的代表组成的顾问委员会合作，建立一个生物医疗设备技术(BMET)项目。BMET计划将为学生提供多个出入口点，提供由两个可堆叠(顺序)的熟练程度证书组成的课程，这些证书可以帮助学生获得副学士学位。学生将通过完成熟练程度证书或副学士学位，为直接进入劳动力市场做好准备。副学士学位课程的毕业生也将有资格转到学士学位课程。一个特别关键的转学途径选项是德雷克塞尔大学生物医学工程技术学士项目，该项目也位于费城，也是参与BMET项目顾问委员会的学术机构之一。由于CCP是一个以黑人为主的机构，BMET计划将加强STEM劳动力的多样性。该项目将通过发展和评估该计划及其两个可堆叠的熟练程度证书和副学士学位选项，促进对BMET教育这一新兴领域的知识和理解。建立BMET计划将包括通过引入学习经验，模拟医院和其他保健环境中医疗设备、医疗设备和计算机的高度网络化环境，对电子工程技术计划的现有课程进行现代化改造。课程开发将包括开设数字电子学、半导体器件、医疗器械和网络环境下的医疗器械四门新课程。通过正式的课程、实验室练习和实习，BMET项目的学生将获得使用最先进的医疗设备和装置的实践经验。将利用多种方法对项目成果进行评估。从课程级别的学生学习结果和所有CCP计划进行的年度质量和可行性指标审查中收集的机构数据将与顾问委员会的评估相结合，以评估该计划对学生和机构的影响。对雇主的调查和对项目毕业生的跟踪将提供有关该项目的影响的信息，为学生提供进入技术职业生涯和满足劳动力需求的途径。

Advances in medical devices, medical instrumentation and information technology, coupled with reforms in patient care and record-keeping, have created a demand for electronics technicians with specializations in the installation, maintenance and repair of biomedical equipment and devices and the computer networks that connect them. Working with an advisory board made up of representatives from hospitals, clinics, health systems and educational institutions in the greater Philadelphia area, the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) will establish a program in Biomedical Equipment Technology (BMET). The BMET program will provide students with multiple entry and exit points by offering a curriculum composed of two stackable (sequential) proficiency certificates that can lead to attainment of an associate's degree. Students will be prepared for direct entry into the workforce by completing either of the proficiency certificates or the associate's degree. Graduates of the associate's degree program will also be qualified for transfer into a baccalaureate program. One particularly key transfer pathway option is the bachelor's program in Biomedical Engineering Technology at Drexel University, also located in Philadelphia and one of the academic institutions participating on the BMET program advisory board. As CCP is a Predominantly Black Institution, the BMET program will enhance STEM workforce diversity.The project will advance knowledge and understanding in the emerging field of BMET education through the development and evaluation of the program, with its two stackable proficiency certificates and associate's degree options. Establishing the BMET program will include modernizing an existing curriculum for an Electronics Engineering Technology program by infusing learning experiences that emulate the highly networked environment of medical equipment, medical devices and computers in hospitals and other healthcare environments. Program development will include creating the four new courses of Digital Electronics, Semiconductor Devices, Medical Devices and Medical Devices in a Networked Environment. Through formal coursework, laboratory exercises and internships, students in the BMET program will gain hands-on experiences with state-of-the-art medical equipment and devices. Project outcomes will be evaluated by utilizing a variety of methods. Institutional data gathered from course level student learning outcomes and the annual Quality and Viability Indicators review that all CCP program undergo will be combined with appraisal by the advisory board to evaluate the impact of the program on students and the institution. Surveys of employers and tracking of program graduates will provide information regarding the impact of the program to provide students pathways into technical career and in meeting the needs of the workforce.