4th Biomedical Engineering Education Summit Meeting - PROJECT SUMMARY
The preparation of well-qualified graduates by academic programs is crucial to assure national
competitiveness and to sustain a vibrant economy in the United States. During the past decades, biomedical
engineering and bioengineering programs have contributed significantly to the development of a highly
qualified workforce that has contributed to biomedical research and spurred innovation. It is important that our
educational methods and content keep pace with the rapid developments in this expanding field. The objective
of the Fourth Biomedical Engineering (BME) Education Summit Meeting, to be held on May 29-31, 2019 in
Cleveland, Ohio is to evaluate the current state of BME educational approaches and to foster progress and
improvement in biomedical engineering education to meet future national challenges. The education summit
will provide a platform to discuss core competencies at the undergraduate and graduate levels to assure that
our students remain prepared to meet future challenges. Our goal of envisioning and influencing the future will
require perspectives from multiple stakeholders. We will therefore solicit input from employers, policy makers,
education experts, and current BME educators. The meeting will be organized into 4 themes: Academic core
competencies, Learning environments and evidence-based practices, Industry-ready skills, and Graduate
education and special programs. These themes were selected to cover content, delivery, and educational
outcomes. Each theme will be organized into small group sessions designed to allow all participants to have a
voice, and to generate concrete outcomes that will benefit our community. Specific outcomes will include a
series of white papers highlighting current best practices and future needs, and a repository for curricular
content. More broadly, we anticipate that this meeting will allow BME educators to enhance their ability to
recruit a diverse student body, and provide them with the skills needed to continue expanding our BME
workforce for research, industry and regulatory purposes.
