title: Engineers in the field: accreditation of BME programs in Argentina.
abstract: The college diploma suffices for professional registration in Argentina and for the first time, Biomedical Engineering curricula have been included among those programs that need government and peers approval as their professional practice may affect citizen's health, safety or state. In this paper we present the standards that must be followed by BME programs and educational institutions in order to allow their graduates registration before professional boards.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Agentina. jemonzon@exa.unne.edu.ar
authors.forename: Jorge E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Monzon
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001118:Argentina; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D003406:Credentialing; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004738:Engineering; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014495:Universities