Title :
CORTECH tutor-a distributed biomedical engineering graduate training initiative
Author :
Karlsson, Matts ; Loyd, Dan ; Ask, Per ; Lindström, Kjell ; Elmqvist, Håkan
Author_Institution :
Linkoping Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
A common demand today at universities world wide is education of more students with higher quality at a reduced cost. One possibility to solve the problem is a distributed training programme. CORTECH tutor is such a graduate training programme in biomedical engineering. The programme is organized by three different universities in Sweden-Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Linkoping University in Linkoping and Lund University in Lund. The CORTECH tutor has received financial support from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF
Keywords :
biomedical education; educational courses; CORTECH tutor; Karolinska Institute; Linkoping; Linkoping University; Lund; Lund University; SSF; Stockholm; Sweden; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research; distributed biomedical engineering graduate training initiative; distributed training programme; education; financial support; higher quality; reduced cost; students; universities; Area measurement; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Costs; Educational programs; Educational technology; Electric variables measurement; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804411
