Transnational learning and teaching activities: Smart Healthcare Engineering

Area of Science:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Healthcare Management
• International Education

Background:

• Traditional maintenance engineering training relies heavily on self-teaching and experience.
• Sanitary engineering is crucial within healthcare maintenance.
• A need exists for structured, collaborative training in healthcare engineering.

Purpose of the Study:

• To foster transnational collaboration between universities and hospitals in healthcare engineering.
• To modernize healthcare engineering training content and resources.
• To integrate innovative educational concepts and blended learning methodologies.

Main Methods:

• A collaborative project involving 3 universities and 3 hospitals across Spain, Turkey, and Romania.
• 21 students participated in a 2-week intensive training program in healthcare engineering at Dr. Negrin Hospital, Gran Canaria.
• Knowledge transfer and experience exchange between institutions and participants.

Main Results:

• Modernized training content and resources for healthcare engineering.
• Introduction of innovative educational concepts and blended learning in practical training.
• Established stronger transnational collaboration and information access between European healthcare institutions and universities.
• Participants demonstrated enhanced capacity for on-site repair and maintenance decision-making.

Conclusions:

• The Smart Healthcare Engineering project successfully enhanced healthcare engineering training through international collaboration.
• Innovative educational approaches and practical experience improved student capabilities in maintenance and repair.
• Strengthened European networks for ongoing knowledge sharing in healthcare engineering.