HEALTHTEK eLEARNING PLATFORM: AN ONLINE APPROACH TO ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Learning-related Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering are increasingly becoming societal needs and challenges.The study plans for each of these degrees offered by universities allow for a certain specialization in the different sub-areas within biomedical engineering through electives: orthopedics, microbiology, robotics, biosensors, or artificial intelligence applied to clinical data, among others.However, society demands subject knowledge that is not as extensive as that of a degree but is sufficiently complete for the population to be empowered in the field of technologies applied to health and quality of life.The objective of the HealthTEK virtual campus is to design, implement, and validate an eLearning platform focused on open access training in different areas as an introduction to biomedical engineering: Health 4.0, biomechanics, surgical robotics, biosensors, genetics and genomics, anatomy and physiology, and artificial intelligence applied to health and wellbeing.The methodology followed was based on four steps: a) planning a gamified pedagogical strategy, building structures for the educational units; b) designing and implementing units; c) deploying with students/users; d) validation.The methodology included one iteration, adjusting content based on feedback obtained after assessment using SUS and USE standardized tests.An international co-teaching strategy has been implemented, as professors from four different institutions have participated in the co-creation of the content.This allows students to have a more realistic experience of the use of technologies for biomedical applications, but within an international network.The virtual platform presents the units under asynchronous access, which includes the use of gamified activities for both content presentation and evaluation.These stages promote students' active engagement in building the learning content and effectively integrating that knowledge, enabling its later retrieval, use, and transfer.