BME education program following the expectations from the industry, health care and science

Abstract

This paper presents the BME educational program implemented in AGH University of Science and Technology in context of history and current state of biomedical engineering and medical physics education in Poland. A particular attention is paid to program adaptation procedures. This aspect is an often discussed factor increasing the efficiency of educational process and the attractiveness of the studies. Education variants has been defined accordingly to the development of particular BME branches and forecasted employment requirements. The aspects of measurements and evaluation of teaching quality, advisability of the methods and adequacy of presented topics are also presented throughout this paper. © 2010 International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.