questionaire regarding education and free movement in epbs

8/14/2019 Questionaire Regarding Education and Free Movement in EPBS

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Questionaire Regarding Education

and Free Movement in EPBS

Member countries

Students Forum 2006


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Countries answering

the questionaire

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Netherland

Norway

Portugal

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland


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Years before Biomedical education

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Austria

Belgium(

French)

Belgiu

m(

Flamish)

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Netherland

Norway

Portugal

Slovakia(Uni)

Slovakia(Sec)

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Average number of years before applying to BMS is 12 years.

In some countries preschool is included in the total number of years


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BMS Education at Secondary Level

Ratio: School / million of inhabiting

(Secondary / Post Secondary)

0

0,2

0,4

0,6

0,8

1

1,2

1,4

1,6

Slovakia (Secondary School) Germany

No data received from: France, Spain or Switzerland.


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BMS Education at Tertiary Level

Ratio: School / million of inhabiting

(Polytechnics / University college / University)

No data received from: France, Belgium (French) or Netherlands.

1,0 1,0

0,6

0,8

3,3

0,9

0,6

1,5 1,5

0,91,0

0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

3,5

Austria

Belgium(Flamish)

Denmark

Finland

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Norway

Portugal

Slovakia

Sweden


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Entrance Requirements

Knowlegde in basic Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics,

Physics and English from secondary school should be a

requirement.

English is an important subject because it is needed in

everyday work. It is especially important for the Bologna

process and mobility.


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Countries with admission tests:

SwedenSwitzerlandSpainSlovakia

NorwayPortugal

NetherlandsItaly

IrelandGermany

IcelandFrance

DenmarkFinland

BelgiumAustriaNoYes

Some countries without admission tests have entrance requirements


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Education in BMS

Curriculum

The EPBS is taking steps to bring about harmonisation of

Education and Training of Biomedical Scientists throughout

Europe. The standard envisaged is a minimum of 4 years ofhigher Education (240 ECTS) including supervised clinical

practice.


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Curriculum - Core Sciences

Core Sciences

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Anatomy and physiology/

Biology

Physics/biophysics Chemistry Mathematics/Biostatis tics


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Curriculum - Scientific area

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Biochemistry

Molecularbiology

Immunology

Histology/Embryolo

gy

GeneralPathology

&

Pathophysiology

GeneralMicrobiology

&Epidemiology

HumanGenetics

Toxicology


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Curriculum Specific Biomedical Sciences

Curriculum - Specific for Biomedical Sciences

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Intro

duction

tothepro

fession

Clini

calM

icrobio

logy

Clini

calIm

munolog

y

Haemato

logy

Clinica

lBioch

esmitr

y

Clini

calPa

tholog

y

Immh

aemato

logyo

rtransf.sci

ence

s

Clini

calC

ytolog

y

Medicalg

enetics

Analyticalm

ethod

s

Bio

safety

Quality

control

Biom

edicals

cience


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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Human and

Social Sciences

Systems of

information

Economy &

management in

health care

systems

Bioethics Individual

project w ork /

Thesis

Scientific

English

Curriculum - Complementary areas


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Scientific area

Biochemistry

Molecular biology

Immunology

Histology/Embryology

General Pathology & Pathophysiology

General Microbiology & Epidemiology

Human Genetics

Toxicology

Basic Subjects

Anatomy and physiology/Biology

Physics/biophysics

Chemistry

Mathematics/Biostatistics

Specific for BiomedicalSciences

Introduction to the profession

Clinical Microbiology

Clinical Immunology

Haematology

Clinical Biochesmitry

Clinical Pathology

Immunohaematology or transfusion

sciences

Clinical Cytology

Medical genetics

Analytical methods

Bio safety

Quality controlBiomedical science

Specific subjects

Complementary areas

Human and Social Sciences

Systems of information

Economy & management in health

care systems

BioethicsIndividual project work / Thesis

Scientific English

The mandatory areas of knowlegde in Education of a BMS.

The minimum requirements


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Examples of Grading Systems

Qualitative evaluation:

Fail or pass

Fail, pass or pass with honour

Quantitative evaluation

1-20 (failed below 10)

1-13 (failed below 8)

1-6 (failed below 4) 5-1 (failed above 4)

A-F

This is the actual situation

In the future you will have ECTS-credits.


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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

XX

X

X

X

X

X

X

Clinical laboratory

XSwitzerland

XSweden

Spain

Slovakia

Public healthPortugal

XNorway

IndustrialXNetherland

XItaly

XIreland

XIcelandIndustrialXGermany

XFrance

XFinland

IndustrialXDenmark

Belgium (Flamish)

IndustrialXBelgium (French)

XAustria

OthersResearch laboratoryCountry

Clinical Training


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Education System and Strategies

Theory(Baseline)

Practical Work

Advanced TheoryProblem-Based

LearningRequired Reading

Assignments

(Thesis, Projects etc.)

Examinations

(Theoretical and Practical)

Problem-Based

Learning

Year 1

BSc


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The students opinion about professional title

Its difficult to define a professional title when we have

different education levels that define our profession.

Our suggestions are:

Biomedical Scientist

Biomedical Laboratory Scientist


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Anna Paulsen - Sweden

Armando Caseiro - Portugal

Britta Obrist - Austria

Bettina Feldkirchner - AustriaEmilia Wiklund - Sweden

Berna Guest - Ireland

Helene Bustad Johannessen - Norway

Marius Eduardo Bra Obreque - Norway

Pavol Jankura - Slovakia

Dorien Van der Vloet - Belgium

Thank you for listening!

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