**7. Appendix**

572 Biomedical Science, Engineering and Technology

These relations, demonstrated above in a simplified form, are fundamental for the teambuilding spirit, which is based on the commitment of students, tutors and professionals to a quality-focused efficient education. In the MSIB, the healthcare professionals participate in the preparation of curricula, provide opportunities for one-month internships and formulate challenges for young teams of scientists. The university staff cultivates the students' creativity by supervising laboratory exercises and interim projects which constitute a demonstration of the graduates' skills, and can be partly applied in healthcare and industry. The excellence of the university staff in science is also a good example attracting best

The most highly appreciated educational initiatives are those focused on education-oriented basics, behavioral norms and values including self-teaching. Equally important to scope and breadth of knowledge are technical skills and human-centric attitudes. The basics of human sciences, ethics and law are indispensable elements of education and practice of the School.

• Flexibility which makes it possible for the School to adapt itself to changing trends of the employment market and which enables graduates to keep pace with quickly-

• A set of relations between the teacher and/or the dean and the student which focuses on communication and exchange of information. This not only makes relations within the School administration easier but also establishes a pattern for future relations in a

Current employment perspectives mostly result from the growing importance of extensive use of technology in health care. Clinical engineer, manufacturing engineer, researcher and sales representative are the four main types of specializations in terms of future professional careers. Nevertheless, local employment markets are weak, and the effort to raise the awareness of a new profession to a higher level is among the principal concerns of the MSIB Management. General statistics are favorable for the AGH-UST graduates: 75% of them find their first job within one month after graduation, and 95% within three months. According to other surveys, in 500 of Poland's biggest enterprises, AGH-UST graduates constitute the second largest percentage among senior management

The special demands imposed on BME education require that we should seek unusual organizational solutions and non-standard teaching and learning methods, related to the specific and unique educational challenges posed by BME. We hope that these theoretical and practical methods and techniques developed at the MSIB and presented above may be

This work was supported by the Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. The authors want to express their gratitude to the Walery Goetel family for

students who often try to follow or to participate in research themselves.

Two other important features are:

developing technical sciences; and

multi-professional environment.

staff.

**5. Concluding remarks** 

**6. Acknowledgments** 

of interest to other educational institutions in BME field.

their consent to publish the archival photo of Maria Sklodowska Curie.


Table 1. A list of institutions which provide education in Biomedical Engineering (BME) in Poland ( since academic year 2010-2011).


\*) MP=Medical Physics ; \*\*) P=Physics ;\*\*\*) TP=Technical Physics; \*\*\*\*B=Biophysics; \*\*\*\*\*APBM=Applications of Physics in Medicine and Biology

Table 2. A list of institutions which provide education in Medical Physics (MP) in Poland (since academic year 2010-2011).

Physics P\* MP

Math.&Sc. P MP

Appl.Math. TP\* MP

of Exp.Phys. APBM\*\*\*\*\* MP

Physics TP MP

Physics and Astr. TP MP

TP=Technical Physics; \*\*\*\*B=Biophysics;

Math, Physics &Informatics in cooperation with Gdansk

www.uni.lodz.pl Phys& Chem. P MP

www.wmfi.uni.opole.pl Math., Phys & Chem. MP MP

http://amu.edu.pl Physcis B\*\*\*\* MP

Physics/Inst.

P=Physics ;\*\*\*)

\*\*\*\*\*APBM=Applications of Physics in Medicine and Biology

www.us.szc.pl Math.& Physics P Biomedical Physics

www.pwr.wroc.pl Fund. Problems of Techn. TP Nano-engineering

Table 2. A list of institutions which provide education in Medical Physics (MP) in Poland

TPhys., Comp Sc.&

Medical Univ.

www.us.edu.pl Math., Phys. and Chem. MP

Department Discipline Specialization

MP\* MP

Phys.& Appl. Comp. Sc. MP Dosimetry and Electronics in

Math., Phys. Comp. Sc. P Molecular and medical

Math.& Appl. Physics TP Physics and Informatics in

Phys., Astr& Informatics MP MP and Comp. Appl.

Clinical Dosimetry; Optics in Medicine; Electroradiology

Medicine; Imaging and

Biometrics

biophysics

Medicine

Institutions Faculty/

Univ. of Bialystok (Bialystok) www.uwb.edu.pl

Univ.of Gdansk (Gdansk) www.ug.gda.pl

Univ.of Silesia (Katowice)

Jan Kochanowski Univ. of Humanities and Sc.

AGH Univ. of Sc .&Techn.

M. Curie-Sklodowska Univ.

http://mfi.umcs.lublin.pl

Techn.Univ.Lodz (Lodz) www.p.lodz.pl

Univ.of Opole (Opole)

Ignacy Lukasiewicz Techn.Univ. (Rzeszow) http://portal.prz.edu.pl

Adam Mickiewicz Univ.

Univ.of Szczecin (Szczecin)

Nicolaus Copernicus Univ.

Warsaw Univ. (Warsaw) www.uw.edu.pl

Warsaw Univ. of Techn.

Wroclaw Univ. of Techn.

MP=Medical Physics ; \*\*)

(since academic year 2010-2011).

Un. of Lodz (Lodz)

(Kielce) www.ujk.edu.pl

(Krakow) www.agh.edu.pl

(Lublin)

(Poznan)

(Torun) www.umk.pl

(Warsaw) www.pw.edu.pl

(Wroclaw)

\*)

Univ. of Wroclaw (Wroclaw) www.uni.wroc.pl


Table 3. (a) Syllabus of the First Degree (Bachelor's) studies in biomedical engineering


Table 3. (b) Syllabus of the Second Degree (Master's) studies in biomedical engineering.

• Clinical trials • Ceramic Biomaterials • Polymer Biomaterials • Identification and modeling of biological structures and processes

• Tissue and genetic engineering • Information systems in health care • Implantation technologies • Elective 1


• Research of biomaterials and tissues • Composite biomaterials • Metallic biomaterials Telesurgery and medical

robots • Rehabilitation Technology • Fundamentals of applied crystalography • Individual project

• Fundamentals of


Table 3. (b) Syllabus of the Second Degree (Master's) studies in biomedical engineering.

regenerative medicine • Diploma seminar • **Master thesis and examination**  • Elective 3

**Second Degree (Master's)** 

information technologies biomaterials biomechanics and robotics

• Biomedical signals processing • Identification and

• Tissue and genetic engineering • Rehabilitation Technology • Biomechanical designs • Servomechanisms and advanced control systems • Control systems in medical devices • Visual surgery support techniques

• Research of biomaterials and tissues • Ergonomics

• Intelligent materials and structures • Acoustical diagnosis • Information systems in health care • Telesurgery and medical

• Pharmaceutical industry equipment • Diploma seminar • **Master thesis and examination**  • Elective 3 - Computer aided of engineering - EPLAN - Pharmaceutical industry materials and designs


robots • Image processing for surgery support • Individual project

• Bionics

modelling of biological structures and processes

**semester** 

1.

2.

3.

medical electronics and

modelling of biological structures and processes

• Identification and

• Tissue and genetic engineering • Fundamentals of telemedicine • Neural networks • Electronics Systems for Clinical Applications • Information systems in health care • Picture archiving and communication systems

• Elective 1


• Research of biomaterials and tissues • Dedicated medical diagnostics algorithms • Multimodal interfaces • Rehabilitation Technology • Medical imaging systems

• Telesurgery and medical


robots • Individual project • Elective 2

• Voice computer communication • Computer support for acoustic diagnostics • Fundamentals of embedded systems

design • Diploma seminar • **Master thesis and examination** 


Table 3. (c) Syllabus of the Second Degree (Master's) studies in biomedical engineering.


Table 3. (d) Syllabus of the Third Degree (Doctor's) studies in biomedical engineering.


Table 4. (a) Syllabus of the Second Degree (Master's) studies in biomedical engineering, specialization Emerging health care technologies.

578 Biomedical Science, Engineering and Technology

**semester Third Degree (Doctor's)** 

• Methods of systems optimization

• Medical sensors and measurements

• Methods of systems optimization • Medical imaging in clinical practice • Biometry and medical statistics

• Information systems in telemedicine

• Biomedical digital signal processing • Biomaterials and artificial organs

• Modeling of biological systems

Table 3. (d) Syllabus of the Third Degree (Doctor's) studies in biomedical engineering.



• Biomechanics i acoustics

• Medical physics

• Electives (2 of 6)



• Graph theory

• Biocybernetics

• Graph theory

4. • Electronic medical instrumentation

5. • Medical image analysis

7. • Philosophy / Economy 8. • individual research

1.

2.

3.

6.


Table 4. (b) Syllabus of Third Degree (Doctor's) studies in biomedical engineering.


**Common courses** 1 Graph theory A. Wojda 30 30 3 Methods of systems optimization H. Górecki 30 30 5 Philosophy / Economy S. Fiut 30 **Discipline-oriented courses** 6 Biocybernetics R. Tadeusiewicz 30 7 Medical imaging in clinical practice M. Pasowicz 30 8 Medical sensors and measurements P. Gryboś 30 9 Biometry and medical statistics A. Izworski 30 3bi1 Information systems in telemedicine W. Wajs P. Augustyniak 30 3bi2 Biomechanics and acoustics A. Gołaś (IMiR) 30 3bi3 Biomedical digital signal processing T. Zieliński 30 3bi4 Biomaterials and artificial organs M. Błażewicz Elżbieta Pamuła (IMiC) 30 4 obligatory courses 4bi1 Electronic medical instrumentation P. Augustyniak 30 4bi2 Medical physics A. Jung (FiIS) 30 2 obligatory courses 5bi1 Medical image analysis R. Tadeusiewicz 30 5bi2 Modeling of biological systems K. Boryczko 30 2 obligatory courses 6bi1 Dedicated algorithms for biosignal interpretation P. Augustyniak 6bi2 Integrated systems SoC in medical diagnostics and therapy K. Wiatr, P. Rusek (EL3) 6bi3 Intelligent sensor arrays T. Pisarkiewicz (EL4) 6bi4 Biophysics K. Burda (FiIS) 6bi5 Biological interfaces P. Gryboś

6bi6 Advanced equipment in medicine and rehabilitation A. Kos

30

2 obligatory

courses to

select out of 6

total duration

60 h

30

Table 4. (b) Syllabus of Third Degree (Doctor's) studies in biomedical engineering.

**Postgraduate BME studies AGH – TRACK TABLE discipline "biocybernetics and biomedical engineering" Id Couse name Professor year I year II year III year IV** *(confidential)* **Sem.1 Sem.2 Sem.3 Sem.4 Sem. 5 Sem. 6 Sem. 7 Sem. 8** remarks



Table 5. (a) Syllabus of the course "Medical imaging systems" (Second Degree-Master's).


Table 5. (b) Syllabus of the course "Research of biomaterials and tissues" (Second Degree-Master's).

Table 5. (b) Syllabus of the course "Research of biomaterials and tissues" (Second Degree-

Master's).


Table 5. (c) Syllabus of the course "Tissue and genetic engineering" (Second Degree-Master's).

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