Medical and biological engineering and science in the European higher education area - Working toward harmonization of biomedical programs for mobility in education and employment

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 18-25

  Nagel, J H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Slaaf, D W ^{h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o}   Barbenel, J ^p,q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)   (Germany)

^d International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM)   (Germany)

^e Council of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science ^*  (Germany)

^f Institutions of EAMBES   (Germany)

^g European BIOMEDEA Project: Biomedical Engineering Preparing for the European Higher Education Area   (Germany)

^h Dutch Microcirculatory Society

ⁱ European Microcirculatory Society

^j German Microcirculatory Society   (Germany)

^k American Microcirculatory Society   (United States)

^l Dutch Physiological Society

^m The American Physiological Society   (United States)

ⁿ Europ Alliance for Med and Biological Engineering and Sciences (EAMBES chair Academic Division)   (Australia)

^o Dutch Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering

^p UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^q Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCIENCE;

EID: 34249816141     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.364924     Document Type: Review

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