Results of Biomedical Engineering program reforms at Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana

Authors

Cruz Cerrato, Oscar Mauricio

Sanchez Vásquez, Juan José

Cáceres Lagos, Fernanda de Lourdes

Abstract

Biomedical Engineering is one of the most recently recognized disciplines in the practice of engineering. In the last decades, engineers related to all forms of biomedical technology where fundamentally electronic engineers, which participated in the development of medical devices as well as maintenance of existing ones. Biomedical Engineering degree in Honduras was founded in 2007. The program originally was focused in solving the technical difficulties that are found in healthcare systems. We performed a benchmark considering nine biomedical programs around the world and the courses they teach. We found many of the courses around the world are being oriented towards R&D. Taking this into account we have made reforms which orient our academic program towards R&D and also considers the local market needs.