Organizing the Curriculum: enhancing knowledge, attitudes and interests in engineering with biomedical course modules

摘要

The relatively new discipline of biomedical engineering emerged from informal collaborations between engineers, physicians and life scientists, and is the fastest growing engineering discipline at most universities. As a result of the aging population and a growing focus on health issues which increases the demand for better medical equipment, devices, and pharmaceutical products, the biomedical engineering industry has demonstrated explosive growth in recent years. According to the Department of Labor Statistics, Biomedical engineers are expected to have employment growth of 72 percent in the decade between 2008 and 2018, in comparison with the average of 7-13% for all occupations.