ATE Biomedical Equipment Technology Program

医疗设备、医疗仪器和信息技术的进步，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，这些技术人员具有安装、维护和修理生物医学设备和设备以及连接它们的计算机网络的专业知识。费城社区学院（CCP）将与一个由来自大费城地区的医院、诊所、卫生系统和教育机构的代表组成的咨询委员会合作，建立一个生物医学设备技术（BMET）项目。BMET计划将通过提供由两个可堆叠（顺序）的熟练证书组成的课程，为学生提供多个进入和退出点，这些证书可以导致获得副学士学位。学生将通过完成能力证书或副学士学位中的任何一个，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入学士学位课程。一个特别重要的转学途径选择是德雷塞尔大学的生物医学工程技术学士学位课程，该大学也位于费城，是参与BMET项目咨询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项目将提高STEM劳动力的多样性。该项目将通过该项目的开发和评估，提高对BMET教育新兴领域的认识和理解，并提供两个可堆叠的熟练证书和副学士学位选项。建立BMET计划将包括通过注入学习经验来模拟医院和其他医疗保健环境中的医疗设备、医疗设备和计算机的高度网络化环境，使电子工程技术计划的现有课程现代化。项目开发将包括开设数字电子学、半导体设备、医疗设备和网络环境下的医疗设备四门新课程。通过正式的课程，实验室练习和实习，BMET项目的学生将获得最先进的医疗设备和设备的实践经验。项目成果将利用各种方法进行评估。从课程水平的学生学习成果和所有CCP项目经历的年度质量和可行性指标审查中收集的机构数据将与咨询委员会的评估相结合，以评估该项目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项目影响的信息，为学生提供进入技术职业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.