Co-operation of Visegrád countries in biomedical engineering education
The Visegrad Fund has selected the proposal: Improvement of Biomedical Engineering in V4 countries for funding and the representatives of the V4 countries, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, held the first meeting, BMEEDU 2001, from 19 to 22 September 2001 in Prague (www.feld.cvut.cz/FEE/bmeedu).
The aim of the co-operation is to exchange experiences, propagate "best practice" and to
write a book in English for biomedical engineering students. The Visegrad Fund will
help students to obtain the book at a massively reduced price. The editorial board
took into account that a number of good books are already available and decided to
include real-world experiments. These will help students to discover biomedical
engineering related phenomena themselves. It is generally accepted that teaching
is more effective if students are active and carry out experiments rather than simply
listen to lectures. This is especially true for teaching biomedical engineering. The
book is expected to be ready by September 2002. The editorial board is to meet again
early next year in Brno.
The scientific program consisted of three main parts:
- Biomedical engineering studies - organisation, structure and content: Aims, recommended subjects, syllabi of the courses, recommended co-operation with other institutions and practice in biomedical engineering education, introduction of new topics into courses.
- Pedagogy and didactics of biomedical engineering education: Concrete principles, examples, practical instructions, and resources.
- Student projects: This section was devoted solely to biomedical engineering students and to the presentation of student work in biomedical engineering - diploma works, theses, semester projects, etc.
The conference language was English.
The Organising Committee was as follows:
Karel Roubik, PhD (chairman) Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ
Assoc. Prof. Lenka Lhotska, PhD Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ
Prof. Ewaryst Tkacz, PhD, DSc Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, PL
Assoc. Prof. Akos Jobbagy, PhD Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
Zuzana Krajcuskova, M.Sc. Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, SK
Assoc. Prof. Jiri Holcik, PhD Brno University of Technology, Brno, CZ
Jakub Hajek, Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ
Jaroslav Dusek, Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ
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