Curriculum research of biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering was started late in our country, there is no ready-made training mode, and there is no supporting teaching materials. How to realize the curriculum of biomedical engineering?
Biomedical Engineering (BiomedicalEngineering, BME) rose in the 1960s, is a synthesis of life sciences and engineering technology theories, methods and means, prompting a number of scientific and technological disciplines to the biological and medical penetration and intersection of emerging disciplines. It is closely related to life, information, materials and energy and other high-tech, and has become an important pillar of life sciences. Since 1996, Jinggangshan College has been preparing for the establishment of biomedical engineering and medical imaging engineering majors, and started to recruit one term of specialists every year since 1997, and started to recruit biomedical engineering undergraduates since 2005, and has now graduated seven terms of students, counting more than 300 people. They are mainly employed in medical instrument companies and large and medium-sized hospitals, mainly engaged in the research and development, maintenance, management, marketing and procurement of medical equipment. In order to understand the social demand for this specialty and the quality of graduates, in August 2004 we organized a relevant survey. From the results of the survey, all the medical instrument companies and hospitals think that it is very necessary to set up the biomedical engineering specialty, and many companies and hospitals are still in urgent need of talents in this field, and the majority of employers are satisfied with the graduates of this specialty in our institute. This paper combines the teaching practice of biomedical engineering in our hospital in the past ten years, and intends to explore the four-year biomedical engineering undergraduate training program.
First, the necessity of biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering is a comprehensive discipline across the medical and electronic engineering, computer technology, mainly to train the design, production, commissioning and after-sales service of medical instrumentation and equipment companies need technicians, but also to provide hospitals engaged in imaging technology and equipment maintenance technicians. It can also provide hospitals with technicians engaged in imaging technology and equipment maintenance. With the development of computer technology, domestic hospitals are now upgrading their medical equipments, and having a large number of modernized and high-tech medical equipments has become an important index for hospitals to reach the standard. Hospitals are in need of personnel to master this technology. At the same time, the Ministry of Health has issued a document, by 2010, large hospitals to achieve digital management of medical images, small and medium-sized hospitals to gradually realize digital management. And we started the biomedical engineering program highlights the teaching of imaging technology and computer courses, for students to master the acquisition, transmission, processing of medical images to lay a good foundation. At the same time, the country is increasing the localization of medical instruments and equipment, support and development of medical instruments and equipment production of national enterprises, a large number of private enterprises engaged in the production of medical instruments and equipment have been established, they need a large number of biomedical engineering professionals in the intermediate level.
From the above analysis, we can see that there is still a lot of room for the demand for biomedical engineering professionals. Our school opened a biomedical engineering major, not only is conducive to the development of medical equipment industry in Jiangxi, but also to meet the neighboring provinces on the demand for such talents. Through our survey of manufacturers and hospitals, with an annual enrollment of 50 people counted in February, 5 years still can not meet the talent market demand, the employment situation of graduates is good.
Second, biomedical engineering professional training objectives
The training objectives is a professional training direction and standards, is an important element of the training model. According to the social demand and the actual situation of our hospital, we will biomedical engineering professional training objectives: to cultivate the basic knowledge of medicine, electronic technology, medical equipment technology and information systems, master medical imaging technology, computer technology and a variety of medical equipment ` professional knowledge, can be engaged in various enterprises in all kinds of medical equipment system design, manufacturing, commissioning, maintenance and sales of engineering and technical personnel and hospitals in the design, manufacture, debugging, maintenance and sales. They can engage in the design, manufacture, debugging, maintenance and sales of various types of medical equipment systems in various enterprises and engage in the management, maintenance and application of medical equipment in hospitals. Students are required to study the basic knowledge of medicine, electronic technology, computer technology, information science and basic theory and basic knowledge, to accept the basic training of electronic technology, signal detection and processing, computer technology in medicine and other skills. Graduates must have the following professional skills and abilities: mastering the basic principles and design methods of electronic technology, mastering the basic theory of signal detection and signal processing and analysis, basic knowledge of biomedicine, microprocessor and computer application ability, application ability in medical imaging diagnosis, initial ability in biomedical engineering research and development, mastering the maintenance and management techniques of medical electronic instruments and Imaging equipment maintenance and management technology, with hospital information management, medical image transmission and processing, hospital office automation, telemedicine technology, understanding of the development of biomedical engineering.
The curriculum of biomedical engineering
The high degree of differentiation and integration of disciplines is one of the important features of the development of modern science and technology. Biomedical engineering is the use of engineering theories and methods to solve practical problems in medicine. Therefore, biomedical engineering should be based on modern medical theory and engineering technology theory and related disciplines, to establish its own professional discipline curriculum) system. To cultivate composite applied biomedical engineering talents and adapt them to the requirements of the current society, it is necessary to reform the traditional teaching mode. And the principle of our teaching reform is ? Broaden the specialty, strengthen the foundation, increase the direction?
The biomedical engineering program was started late in China, and there is no existing training model or supporting materials. In order to achieve the cultivation goal and ensure the cultivation specification, our college is very careful about the curriculum and the selection of teaching materials for the biomedical engineering major, especially the curriculum. After nearly ten years of exploration and practice, our department has initially formed a set of scientific and complete curriculum system, of which 170 credits and about 2500 credit hours, there are more than 40 courses, the main courses are as follows:
1. General Studies Module. It mainly includes courses such as politics, physical education, college English, college physics, advanced mathematics, computer fundamentals, C language programming, linear algebra, college physics experiment and so on. These courses are designed to lay the foundation for the overall development of students' moral, intellectual and physical development and for further study of specialized basic courses and professional courses.
2. Medical foundation course module. It mainly includes courses such as Introduction to Basic Medicine including Human Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Biochemistry), Introduction to Clinical Medicine including Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Surgery). Through the study of the above courses, students can master the basic knowledge and basic skills of basic medicine in a systematic way, and provide knowledge reserves for students' further study of specialized knowledge and development of interdisciplinary direction of medicine in the future.
3. Specialized basic course module. Including basic analog electronic technology, basic digital electronic technology, basic circuit analysis, electronic measurement and process, microcontroller and its applications, assembly language, microcomputer principles and interfaces, principles of medical sensors, engineering drawing, Matlab applications and other courses. Through the study of the above courses, students can master the basic principles and applications of electronic technology, computer technology, signal detection and signal processing, and lay a solid foundation for further study of specialized courses.
4. Specialized course module. Mainly includes the principle of ultrasound diagnostic instruments, X-ray equipment, medical testing instruments, medical electronic instruments, medical electric instruments, introduction to modern medical imaging technology, medical image processing, medical refrigeration equipment, biosignal processing, clinical medical engineering technology and other courses. Through the study of these specialized courses, students can master the medical imaging technology and a variety of medical instrumentation expertise, can become engaged in various enterprises in various types of medical instrumentation design, manufacturing, debugging, maintenance and sales of engineering and technical personnel and hospitals engaged in the management of medical equipment and the application of technical personnel.
5. Practical module. Practical teaching links include military training, production labor, social practice, scientific research training, graduation internship and design. Among them, 2 weeks of military training, social practice, scientific research training is arranged for 1 week each, graduation internship and course design is arranged for 10 weeks each.
The above curriculum focuses on basic knowledge and highlights professional features, which constructs a reasonable professional knowledge structure for students. At the same time in the students to learn theoretical courses, arranged for students to major medical equipment companies and hospitals internships and apprenticeships, so that students can learn the theoretical knowledge with the employer's actual work a good combination to better meet the community's professional needs of biomedical engineers and technicians. In order to ensure the quality of teaching, we must also vigorously strengthen the construction of the faculty and the training of teaching personnel, and also vigorously introduce high-degree professional and technical personnel to enrich our teaching and scientific research team, so that our teachers can fully meet the needs of teaching. At the same time, we also focus on strengthening the laboratory investment in the construction of the original electronic and electrical engineering laboratory, microcontroller laboratory, X-ray laboratory, medical testing instrument laboratory, medical electronic instrument laboratory, medical electric instrument laboratory, on the basis of the medical image processing laboratory and ultrasonic diagnostic instrument laboratory, the experimental rate of 95%, basically to ensure the quality of experimental teaching.
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