Transnational learning and teaching activities: Smart Healthcare Engineering

Abstract

The new maintenance engineers become self-taught and learn from daily dedication, from solving repetitive problems, from exchanging experiences with a colleague, from reading a recommended book and little else. Their own experience has been the main reference for maintenance professionals who have not given up and have become experts. And within the maintenance activities, sanitary engineering plays a very important role. Through the Smart Healthcare Engineering project we have facilitated a close connection between 3 universities and 3 hospitals from 3 countries (Spain, Turkey and Romania), which benefit from each other's experience, transferring the know-how available in a single country. The study involves 7 students from each university, meaning that 21 students have worked and studied together for 2 weeks in Spain in the field of healthcare engineering. The chosen hospital was Dr. Negrin Hospital from Gran Canaria. Results at the organizational level include the modernization of content and the provision of resources for healthcare engineering training, the introduction of innovative educational concepts in healthcare engineering and the integration of blended learning methodologies in practical teaching and training activities. A tighter connection and transnational collaboration were established between European hospitals and universities in healthcare engineering, together with unrestricted access to routinely updated information. The specific results for each participant indicated their capacity to engage in the intricate processes of repair and maintenance within a practical context, making real-time judgments on-site.