DocumentCode
2734698
Title
Biomedical engineering curriculum: should it be the bioengineering curriculum?
Author
Lithgow, B.J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia
Volume
4
fYear
2003
fDate
17-21 Sept. 2003
Firstpage
3525
Abstract
This paper highlights one disturbing intellectual dilemma "deciding on a definition of biomedical engineering (BME)" that faces BME curricula developers in Australia. It reports on the shortcomings of the Australian curricula in trying encompass biotechnology in classical biomedical engineering courses.
Keywords
biomedical education; biotechnology; Australian curricula shortcomings; bioengineering curriculum; biomedical engineering curriculum; biotechnology; classical biomedical engineering courses; disturbing intellectual dilemma; Australia; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Biotechnology; Design engineering; Genomics; Industrial training; Protein engineering; Proteomics; Tissue engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7789-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1280912
Filename
1280912
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