Clinical Engineering Education in France Situation in 2007 and Evolution

Author

Donadey, A. ; Hadjes, P. ; Langevin, F.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Tehnologie de Compiegne, Compiegne

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3102

Lastpage

3105

Abstract

Compiegne´s University of Technology is one of the main contributors in clinical engineering education in France. Knowledge and skills have been acquired since 1974 through professional specialization courses and new programs such as master´s degrees, engineering and PhD degrees, and continuing education courses for technicians. To face current hospitals needs, new investments in distance learning have been made. The first results are presented in the following.

Keywords

biomedical education; distance learning; educational courses; professional aspects; Compiegne University of Technology; France; PhD degrees; clinical engineering education; distance learning; education courses; master degrees; professional specialization courses; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Clinical diagnosis; Continuing education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Hospitals; Investments; Academic Medical Centers; Academies and Institutes; Biomedical Engineering; Curriculum; Forecasting; France; Universities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352984

Filename

4352984