Development and perspectives of biomedical engineering in South East European countries

Badnjević, Almir; Gurbeta, Lejla

doi:10.1109/mipro.2016.7522187

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“…Conversely, the students’ competency is measured with simple surveys and interviews. Finally, in [ 33 ], the authors discussed the improvement of medical content of the BME curriculum by following the models in high standard international schools. The improvement is mainly carried out by adding appropriate elective courses.…”

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“…As will be detailed later in the discussion section, improvement of medical content in BME curriculum based on qualitative assessment processes, comparison with high-standard programs or implicit inter-relation between the medical content and the BME expected technical outcomes has been approached by a number of studies [ 3 , 4 , 13 , 19 – 33 ]. However, the major limitations of the previous research are the high dependence on surveys or pure qualitative approaches as well as the absence of strong focus on medical outcomes without implicit confusion with the technical ones.…”

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Improvement of medical content in the curriculum of biomedical engineering based on assessment of students outcomes

Abdulhay¹,

Khnouf²,

Haddad³

et al. 2017

BMC Med Educ

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BackgroundImprovement of medical content in Biomedical Engineering curricula based on a qualitative assessment process or on a comparison with another high-standard program has been approached by a number of studies. However, the quantitative assessment tools have not been emphasized. The quantitative assessment tools can be more accurate and robust in cases of challenging multidisciplinary fields like that of Biomedical Engineering which includes biomedicine elements mixed with technology aspects. The major limitations of the previous research are the high dependence on surveys or pure qualitative approaches as well as the absence of strong focus on medical outcomes without implicit confusion with the technical ones. The proposed work presents the development and evaluation of an accurate/robust quantitative approach to the improvement of the medical content in the challenging multidisciplinary BME curriculum.MethodsThe work presents quantitative assessment tools and subsequent improvement of curriculum medical content applied, as example for explanation, to the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, USA) accredited biomedical engineering BME department at Jordan University of Science and Technology. The quantitative results of assessment of curriculum/course, capstone, exit exam, course assessment by student (CAS) as well as of surveys filled by alumni, seniors, employers and training supervisors were, first, mapped to the expected students’ outcomes related to the medical field (SOsM). The collected data were then analyzed and discussed to find curriculum weakness points by tracking shortcomings in every outcome degree of achievement. Finally, actions were taken to fill in the gaps of the curriculum. Actions were also mapped to the students’ medical outcomes (SOsM).ResultsWeighted averages of obtained quantitative values, mapped to SOsM, indicated accurately the achievement levels of all outcomes as well as the necessary improvements to be performed in curriculum. Mapping the improvements to SOsM also helps in the assessment of the following cycle.ConclusionThe suggested assessment tools can be generalized and extended to any other BME department. Robust improvement of medical content in BME curriculum can subsequently be achieved.

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Improvement of medical content in the curriculum of biomedical engineering based on assessment of students outcomes

Abdulhay¹,

Khnouf²,

Haddad³

et al. 2017

BMC Med Educ

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“…In particular, physical therapy robots have a long history. Rudimentary prosthetics and sensors might have been used since the times of Ancient Egypt [33]; more recently, exoskeletons were designed as tools to help people walk in the 1800s, and to carry heavy loads since the 1960s [34]. Such robots have also begun to be used more recently in other roles, such as "socially assistive" robots working as exercise coaches, to get elderly to move their arms [35].…”

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Design for an Art Therapy Robot: An Explorative Review of the Theoretical Foundations for Engaging in Emotional and Creative Painting with a Robot

Cooney

Menezes

2018

MTI

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Social robots are being designed to help support people’s well-being in domestic and public environments. To address increasing incidences of psychological and emotional difficulties such as loneliness, and a shortage of human healthcare workers, we believe that robots will also play a useful role in engaging with people in therapy, on an emotional and creative level, e.g., in music, drama, playing, and art therapy. Here, we focus on the latter case, on an autonomous robot capable of painting with a person. A challenge is that the theoretical foundations are highly complex; we are only just beginning ourselves to understand emotions and creativity in human science, which have been described as highly important challenges in artificial intelligence. To gain insight, we review some of the literature on robots used for therapy and art, potential strategies for interacting, and mechanisms for expressing emotions and creativity. In doing so, we also suggest the usefulness of the responsive art approach as a starting point for art therapy robots, describe a perceived gap between our understanding of emotions in human science and what is currently typically being addressed in engineering studies, and identify some potential ethical pitfalls and solutions for avoiding them. Based on our arguments, we propose a design for an art therapy robot, also discussing a simplified prototype implementation, toward informing future work in the area.

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“…(International System of Units) quantities they can become part of legal metrology framework and can be adapted and used more or less straight forward. This is the case in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) where 10 groups of medical devices with measuring function have been introduced into legal metrology framework [2,3] which was a major step forward in developing the area of clinical engineering in this country [4]. This paper presents achievements and activities of Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBIH), the competent state authority for metrology in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the area of legal metrology for the particular group of medical devices with measuring function.…”

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Legal Metrology: Medical Devices

Bošnjaković

Džemić

2017

IFMBE Proceedings

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Abstract. Medical devices with measuring function are regularly used in healthcare systems all over the world with the aim of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. Considering the importance of these devices in daily activities of medical professionals and impact of their measurements on the health of patients, safety and accuracy of their measurements is becoming the topic of interest. Numerous international guidelines define how healthcare institutions should perform these conformity assessment but in some countries, where those guidelines are not adopted, it is necessary to implement directives of new approach for various groups of medical devices. Directives of new approach in terms of medical devices and their conformity assessment can be implemented in the area of legal metrology, as it is done in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper presents achievements and activities of Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (IMBIH), the competent state authority for metrology in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the area of legal metrology for the particular group of medical devices with measuring function. These achievements and activities refer to the adoption of appropriate legislation for type approval, verification, and creating an adequate legal framework for controlling medical devices after they are sold on the market. In addition, considering complexity and variety of medical devices related to measuring characteristics, and also due to the problem of inadequate or not defined traceability routes, the medical devices will continue to be in focus of metrological practice and science. Establishing the comparative approach to the type approval for these devices in the area of the legal metrology is the final aim.

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Development and perspectives of biomedical engineering in South East European countries

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Improvement of medical content in the curriculum of biomedical engineering based on assessment of students outcomes

Improvement of medical content in the curriculum of biomedical engineering based on assessment of students outcomes

Design for an Art Therapy Robot: An Explorative Review of the Theoretical Foundations for Engaging in Emotional and Creative Painting with a Robot

Legal Metrology: Medical Devices

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