The reason for the project: The main reason for project WEBD (Web based training of biomedical specialists) is proposing to use advanced distance learning technologies and to provide professional education for Biomedical Engineers (BME’s), Biomedical Equipment Technicians (BMET’s), and Medical Device Technology Teachers (MDTT’s).

The main aims and objectives of the projects: Although Turkey is a candidate to enter EU, there are no regulations in the health services and medical sector as EU. To enter EU, the required regulations related to health services should be satisfied. One of the most important needs for hospitals and medical sector is the qualified medical device technologists such as BME’s, BMET’s, and MDTT’s. The project has the ambitious objective to realize a continuous training of BME’s, BMET’s, and in the present situation, MDTTs.

• WP 1: Project Management and Coordination
  •  Contracts with the partner organisations
  •  Establishment of the Steering committee and national teams
  •  Sub contracting of partner organisations to conduct the project tasks (where necessary)
  •  Revised and refined time schedule and work plan
  •  Revised budget details and verifications
  •  Detailed tasks and roles of each partner organisation
  •  Financial monitoring of the project and arrangement of financial documentation within the partnership
  •  Exact time schedule and agenda of the Project Steering Committee meetings
  •  Time schedule and agenda of the conferences
  •  Time schedule and preparation of presentations for the participation of Thematic Monitoring meetings in European Commission
  •  Internal monitoring of the project
  •  Preparation and submission of the interim and final reports to the National Agency
• WP 2: Developing Database for Team Members of Target Sectors and Groups
  •  Building up the project main web-site and sub-sites
  •  Building up effective data acquisition tools within the interactive web medium
  •  Wide range of participation from different sectors and related bodies assuring the quality and sustainability of the project
  •  Collection of all questionnaire results (from different countries) directly in one database
  •  Instant and continuous monitoring of the results
  •  Effective internal and external monitoring of the results
  •  Interactive dissemination of the results to the target group at the widest possible extent
  •  Communication data for target groups and sectors
  •  Feedback from national bodies, vocational schools, professional institutions, educational institutions, enterprises etc.
• WP 3: Common curriculum development
  •  Contact database of the national bodies, vocational schools, professional institutions, educational institutions and enterprises regarding BME training in partner countries
  •  Country reports about the current status of BME training (programmes, detailed structure of the programmes, national legislations etc.) in partner countries
  •  Work description and employment status of BME trainers in partner countries
  •  Data collection information addressed to target groups of each partner (i.e. BME trainers, vocational training managers and planners, BME training students, BME training experts, educational and training establishments, business and industrial sectors etc.)
  •  Data acquisition tools in each partner country
  •  Final reports of the partners regarding the analysis of the results in their country and overall evaluation of the training needs and new qualification needs
  •  The common curriculum frame agreed by all partners
  •  Draft forms of the common curriculum prepared by each partner based on the common data base
  •  Proposals about the business /industrial sectors and the flexibility range of the biomedical engineering training oriented towards industrial sectors and vocational guidance in schools
  •  Proposals about the qualification and necessary competencies of BME trainers in vocational guidance
  •  The final form of common curriculum for BME training
• WP 4: Content development for WEBD
  •  Collected sample material, resource documents and media to be used in the content development process
  •  Modified final documents and modules to have a common description of the WEBD
  •  Final report on the content development to be a basis for the development of WEBD
• WP 5: Production of WEBD
  •  An interactive programme to be used in the development of WEBD (Web based training of biomedical specialists) in English
  •  The test results obtained by the teachers/trainers who will be responsible for testing and editing
  •  The WEBD in English
• WP 6: Testing of WEBD
  •  Test course results for the final evaluation of the product
  •  The WEBD as the end product of WP5 and WP6
• WP 7: Dissemination and Exploitation of results (Valorisation)
  •  The WEBD user manual in English
  •  The WEBD user Manual and common curriculum in the native languages of the partner countries (500 copies in each native language)
  •  The testing course results obtained from the short piloting courses for both target sectors/groups and potential final users
  •  Report about the valorisation conference in each country
  •  Report about the valorisation meeting in each country
  •  Report on the national conference towards other groups (politicians, professionals, social partners and media) in each country
  •  Report on the educational fair activity to be held in promoter organization
  •  The articles written in each country about the project and the project results for media
  •  Four web based final training courses about BME
  •  Reports about evaluation of the results and feedbaks related to the arranged final courses