The Effectiveness of Simulation in Biomedical Engineering Education: A Case Study

In the last decades, simulation has become an important tool in education, especially for the implementationof specific pedagogical approaches. In this work, we illustrate how simulation is implemented in a biomedicalengineering course. Specifically, two simulation educational tools are currently used in the course to modeland analyze healthcare models and health networks. To evaluate the perception of simulation by students onboth student learning and subsequent professional careers, a survey was conducted. The survey, distributedthrough social networks, targeted students in the past decade who are now employed in regular job positions.78 alumni completed the questionnaire and indicated a high level of perceived effectiveness of simulation andteaching course strategies, both in the study of course topics and in professional life