Biomedical Engineering

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Within the field of biomedical engineering, technical means and methods are researched, and devices and systems are developed and made available for use in the medical setting for the benefit of patients, with the aim of maintaining or restoring health to the greatest possible extent, as well as facilitating a swifter return to work and family life. Even for patients with irreversible conditions, the aim is to use technical aids to ensure the best possible quality of life and participation in society. As an interdisciplinary field, biomedical engineering encompasses the provision of engineering methods and techniques and their application to living systems in biology and medicine, and is fundamentally classified within the engineering sciences. Further key areas within education and training include medicine, physics, computer science, economics and the technical terminology required for communication.

The aim of the e.MedTech project is to systematically organise the knowledge accumulated over decades by academics in the interdisciplinary field of biomedical engineering in a way that is optimally tailored to the needs of the respective users, to make it publicly available, and thereby to preserve, update and expand it for future generations. As a result, the project is completing a 12-volume open-access textbook series (six volumes and a new open-access edition have already been published) and is integrating this digitalised body of knowledge – structured by university lecturers and industry partners – into an interactively e-learning system that can be used worldwide. A linked online encyclopaedia supplements the scientific BMT definitions and provides a comprehensive overview of all German-language degree programmes in this field to support and guide students, as well as to inform industry, research and healthcare institutions regarding graduates’ qualifications.

Science thrives on specialist knowledge. Teaching and further education lay the foundations for the skilled professionals of tomorrow – all the more so in the forward-looking and innovative field of biomedical engineering. AI cannot reliably explain everything! Knowledge that has been prepared for teaching purposes and reviewed by experts from academia and industry forms an essential foundation for university studies.

The volumes, which have been published under an open-access licence since 2024, are not only freely accessible online but are also available in print. If you are interested, please email ute.morgenstern@tu-dresden.de.

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Kooperationspartner

Within the project, the scientific professional association DGBMT within the VDE, through its specialist committee ‘Training and Continuing Education – Biomedical Engineering in Higher Education in Germany, Austria and Switzerland’, is collaborating with selected departments involved in biomedical engineering research and teaching at TU Dresden, TU Berlin, the University of Duisburg-Essen, the University of Leipzig, West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, and BA Bautzen – representing around 40 universities and around 50 universities of applied sciences offering biomedical engineering degree programmes – as well as the SLUB, the ZIH at TU Dresden, GWT-TUD GmbH, the publisher Berlin Universities Publishing, and a wide range of research partners in the healthcare sector, industry and research institutions.

Lernsoftware „Labyrinthos – Medizinische Terminologie für die Biomedizinische Technik“

This software system, which is already widely used in higher education to support face-to-face teaching, covers specialist biomedical engineering vocabulary and the fundamentals of linguistics, as well as a wide range of practice exercises to help students prepare for exams. From 2027, the course content will be included in Volume 2, Part III ‘Medical Terminology’ of the Biomedical Engineering textbook series. The interactive learning software is available with or without the accompanying teaching materials. Access authorisations can be obtained via www.eMedTech.de > BME2.o > Login.

Bastelkasten mit Lernsoftware „Unser Herz in der Kiste – für Kindergarten und Grundschule“

“Our Heart in a Box” is an interactive learning pack for pre-school and primary school children. Even very young children find it fascinating that you can hear the heart beating, or they wonder why blood flows from a wound after an injury. You cannot see from the outside how the heart works, but you can imagine that blood is flowing through the blood vessels or feel your pulse. The learning pack, which includes a craft kit for painting, modelling, cutting out shapes and baking heart-shaped biscuits, sparks children’s curiosity, encourages them to get involved and ask questions, and thus playfully expands their imagination and gives them an initial understanding of these vital processes. It is available with or without the accompanying craft materials, each set designed for six children. Access authorisations can be obtained via www.eMedTech.de > BME2.o > Our Heart.

Glossary and Encyclopaedia of Scientific Terms

The scientific definitions of technical terms are provided in textbooks and go far beyond those found on Wikipedia. For medical terms, the publisher offers the reference work *Pschyrembel: Clinical Dictionary*, available both online and in print; however, this is not immediately usable in engineering education due to differences in prior knowledge. The definitions from the textbook series form the accompanying Biomedical Engineering Lexicon/Dictionary. It serves as an important reference for all students and practitioners in (clinical) practice, as well as for medical technology manufacturers, as terms in this interdisciplinary field are often dependent on the observer’s perspective and can therefore lead to misunderstandings, potentially resulting in health-related and economic/regulatory consequences.

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Datenbank und Übersicht der BMT-Studiengänge

This overview of all German-language degree programmes in biomedical engineering has been compiled and updated by the Expert Committee on Education and Training since 1998. The multitude of programme titles in this interdisciplinary field, leading to qualifications such as B, M.Sc., M.Eng. or Diplom, each with their own research and teaching specialisms in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The map includes links to a corresponding database containing a brief overview of the degree programmes offered by each university (pdf).

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Contact persons

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Dr.-Ing. Ute Morgenstern

Member of the Technical Committee on ‘Education and Training – Biomedical Engineering in Higher Education’ of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) within the VDE (Spokesperson for the Technical Committee until 2022; amongst other roles, served as a member of the DGBMT Executive Board for six years; participant in the German Federal Government’s strategic process on medical technology; Contributions including the expert report, position paper, status report, subject catalogue and VDE recommendations on education and training; collaboration on the VDE Committee on Studies – Career – Society)
Editor of the 12-volume textbook series on Biomedical Engineering together with Prof. Marc Kraft, TU Berlin, Department of Medical Technology
Research into, amongst other things, intraoperative optical and hyperspectral imaging in neurosurgery, cerebral autoregulation and venous pulsation (until 2019 at TU Dresden)
Teaching on medical imaging, ventilation, pacemaker technology, modelling and simulation in biomedical engineering (until 2019 at TU Dresden)

Phone +49 351 4706316
Email ute.morgenstern@tu-dresden.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Kraft

Technical University of Berlin
Institute of Mechanical Design and Systems Engineering, Department of Medical Technology

Spokesperson for the Technical Committee on ‘Education and Training – Biomedical Engineering in Higher Education’ of the German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) within the VDE; contributions to, amongst other things, the expert report, position paper, status report, catalogue of topics and recommendations)
Chair of the VDI Society for Life Sciences Technology and the VDI Medical Technology Division; Head of the Biomedical Engineering Working Group (VDI-BB)
Editor of the 12-volume textbook series on Biomedical Engineering, in collaboration with Dr.-Ing. Ute Morgenstern
Research into, amongst other things, rehabilitation technology/orthopaedic technology, minimally invasive procedures in medicine (interventional cardiology, endoscopic gastroenterology, laparoscopy), the reprocessing of medical devices (cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation, technical and functional testing) and on measurement and testing methods for medical devices (motion sensor technology, model-based physical testing methods in accordance with VDI 5703)
Teaching in biomedical engineering (approx. 80 subject areas taught on the Master’s programme in Biomedical Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin)

Phone +49 30 314 23388
Email marc.kraft@tu-berlin.de

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Biomedical Engineering

Kooperationspartner

Lernsoftware „Labyrinthos – Medizinische Terminologie für die Biomedizinische Technik“

Bastelkasten mit Lernsoftware „Unser Herz in der Kiste – für Kindergarten und Grundschule“

Glossary and Encyclopaedia of Scientific Terms

Datenbank und Übersicht der BMT-Studiengänge

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Kraft

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