Questionaire Regarding Education and Free Movement in EPBS Member countries

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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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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)
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.
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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
Some countries without admission tests have
entrance requirements
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Education in BMSCurriculum
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 of
higher Education (240 ECTS) including supervised
clinical practice.
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Curriculum - Core Sciences
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Curriculum - Scientific area
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Curriculum Specific Biomedical Sciences
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Curriculum - Complementary areas
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The mandatory areas of knowlegde in Education of
a BMS. The minimum requirements

• Basic Subjects
• Anatomy and physiology/Biology
• Physics/biophysics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics/Biostatistics

• Specific subjects

• Scientific area
• Biochemistry
• Molecular biology
• Immunology
• Histology/Embryology
• General Pathology Pathophysiology
• General Microbiology Epidemiology
• Human Genetics
• Toxicology

Specific for Biomedical Sciences 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
control Biomedical science

• Complementary areas
• Human and Social Sciences
• Systems of information
• Economy management in health care systems
• Bioethics
• Individual project work / Thesis
• Scientific English

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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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Clinical Training
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Education System and Strategies
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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Thank you for listening!
Anna Paulsen - Sweden Armando Caseiro -
Portugal Britta Obrist - Austria Bettina
Feldkirchner - Austria Emilia Wiklund -
Sweden Berna Guest - Ireland Helene Bustad
Johannessen - Norway Marius Eduardo Bra Obreque
- Norway Pavol Jankura - Slovakia Dorien Van der
Vloet - Belgium