Biomedical engineering and medical physics education and professional accreditation in Estonia

Author

Hinrikus, H. ; Meigas, Kalju

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Centre, Tallinn Tech. Univ., Estonia

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2703

Abstract

The requirements for engineers/physicists and the need for specialists in small countries causes differences in educational programmes and problems with accreditation. These problems are discussed for the example of Estonia. The structure of biomedical engineering and medical physics education and possibilities of professional accreditation as a chartered engineer or a euro-engineer in this area are reported. The Estonian society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics is the main body providing accreditation of specialists

Keywords

biomedical education; medicine; Estonia; biomedical engineering education; chartered engineer; educational programmes differences; euro-engineer; medical physics education; professional accreditation; small countries; specialists; Accreditation; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Medical control systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Modems; Physics education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901419

Filename

901419