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Biomedical Technician, Biomedical Engineer and Clinical Engineer are professions that are included among controlled professions. Education system for these professions is defined by state legislation (one law, two state decrees, one government regulation and two Ministry of Health guidelines). The education system has 3 levels of qualification. First level (bachelor’s degree) is for biomedical technician, second level (master’s degree) for biomedical engineers and third level (postgraduate specialised education for biomedical engineers with attestation examination) for clinical engineers. The law defines the study programs at Technical Universities to obtain the Biomedical Technicians and Biomedical Engineers qualification. The minimum requests for the content of these study programs are defined by one state decree and more detailed requests (number of ours for individual study subjects) by one Ministry of Health guideline. The government regulation defines the branches of postgraduate specialised education. The education program for obtaining the clinical engineer qualification is defined by the Ministry of Health guideline. One state decree defines works activities that the professions mentioned above may exercise.
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Cmiral, J. (2019). Education System for Biomedical Technicians, Biomedical Engineers and Clinical Engineers in the Czech Republic. In: Lhotska, L., Sukupova, L., Lacković, I., Ibbott, G.S. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2018. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 68/1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9035-6_155
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