Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 Nov;2021:7625-7628. doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630467.
The Biomedical Engineering (BME) bachelor pro-gram of the Faculty of Sciences in Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP) was created in June of 2010, with the aim of training professionals with an integral perspective in the engineering field by considering a multidisciplinary approach to develop and apply technology in the areas of medicine and biology. After 10 years, our BME program has achieved national recognition. Despite of being an emerging program, this achievement has been obtained by the consolidation of our academic staff, the outstanding participation of our students in national and international academic events, and the historical graduation results. In our comprehensive evaluation, we report an overall terminal efficiency (completion rate) of 67% and a graduation rate of 47.2%, where these values are above the average for an engineering program in our institution. Additionally, the BME program provides students with solid skills and background to carry out research activities, which has resulted in a considerable number of alumni pursuing graduate studies or have already completed one. Our results show that 90% of our former students are working after graduation, but only 44% work in the field of biomedical engineering, since the regional labor market starts to saturate given the fact that, at present, students from six generations have completed our BME bachelor program. In this way, few graduates visualize the wide spectrum of job options where a biomedical engineer can impact, by their distinctive comprehensive and multidisciplinary training. Therefore, it is necessary to propose new curricular design strategies to provide our students with an academic training that allows them to enter a globalized world, where there is an even greater spectrum of engineering possibilities related to the fields of medicine and biology, in line with current trends.
圣路易斯波托西自治大学科学学院的生物医学工程（BME）学士课程于 2010 年 6 月设立，旨在通过考虑多学科方法在医学和生物学领域开发和应用技术，培养具有整体工程视角的专业人才。10 年后，我们的 BME 课程获得了全国认可。尽管这是一个新兴的课程，但通过巩固我们的学术人员、学生在国内外学术活动中的杰出参与以及历史毕业成绩，取得了这一成就。在我们的综合评估中，我们报告了 67%的总体终端效率（完成率）和 47.2%的毕业率，这些值高于我们机构工程课程的平均水平。此外，BME 课程为学生提供了开展研究活动的扎实技能和背景，这导致相当数量的校友继续攻读研究生或已经完成了研究生学业。我们的结果表明，90%的前学生毕业后都在工作，但只有 44%的人在生物医学工程领域工作，因为考虑到目前已经有六代学生完成了我们的 BME 学士学位课程，该地区的劳动力市场开始饱和。这样一来，很少有毕业生能够看到生物医学工程师可以通过他们独特的全面和多学科培训产生影响的广泛工作选择。因此，有必要提出新的课程设计策略，为学生提供学术培训，使他们能够进入全球化世界，其中与医学和生物学领域相关的工程可能性更加广泛，这符合当前的趋势。
