Bridge-Curriculum with Rotational Experimental Projects for Multidisciplinary Courses on Biomedical Engineering

A bridge-curriculum with rotational experimental projects has been designed for a sustained improvement of a curriculum in a multidisciplinary area of "Biomedical Engineering". In the system, each course is taken by multiple teachers. A professor takes charge of the part, which should be bridged to another subject. A constant communication between courses has been guaranteed in the system. Each lecturer takes charge of an experimental project. The contents of the experimental project relates to the lecture. Each experimental project includes many elements of learning: planning, designing, instrumentation, teamwork, analyzing, modeling, explanation, and presentation. Each small group of students goes the rounds of every experimental project one by one. The contents of each course have been continuously reviewed with variation of discipline in the system. The bridge-curriculum system works well to improve the courses of Biomedical Engineering.