• DocumentCode
    1601309
  • Title

    Upgrading BME studies in Buenos Aires, Argentine. Favaloro University

  • Author

    Armentano, Ricardo L. ; Craiem, D. ; Pessana, F.M. ; Graf, Sebastian ; de Forteza, Eduardo

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. de Ingenieria y Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Favaloro Univ., Buenos Aires
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    363
  • Lastpage
    366
  • Abstract
    The Favaloro University initiated the academic path in biomedical sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a very promising area, the biomedical world offers the integration between several domains, complementing medicine with engineering topics. The profile of the graduated students proved to be very versatile, allowing their instantaneous incorporation to the competitive market in this vast field. The university strategy is to concentrate basic science in the first 3 years and add the specific biological/medical concepts in the last 2 years. The students achieve a bachelor degree that integrates their knowledge in basic sciences. Afterwards, they attend a professional 2 year cycle, choosing between biomedical, physics and medical computing branches. The results proved to be effective in terms of professional and academic quality, market insertion and even the creation of promising seeds for future enterprises
  • Keywords
    biomedical education; medical computing; 2 year; BME; Favaloro University; academic quality; basic science; biomedical sciences; market insertion; medical computing; physics; professional quality; specific biological/medical concepts; Animals; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Cardiology; Engineering in medicine and biology; Hospitals; Laboratories; Physics computing; Research and development; Surgery; Biomedical Sciences; academic quality; bachelor degree; engineering; university;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8741-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616420
  • Filename
    1616420