THE CREATION OF A BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE COURSE IN EAST TIMOR – NEEDS AND CHALLENGES
Keywords:
Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Teaching and learning activities, Human resourcesAbstract
East Timor gained its restored independence on 20 May 2002, after a long period of colonisation. Since then, several schools of various cycles and higher education institutions have been created to free people from illiteracy, ignorance, cruelty, and relegation. One of the Higher Education Institutions established for this purpose was the Institute of Health Sciences in Dili and the creation of a Biomedical Laboratory Sciences course, which arose in response to
the shortage of human resources in this area and the urgency of ensuring basic health care. This article aims to demonstrate the major problems and challenges facing the health sciences, highlighting the particularity of the Biomedical Laboratory Sciences course at the Institute of Health Sciences in Dili, which aims to train professionals in Biomedical Sciences through teaching and learning activities, practicals, internships, and scientific work with the contribution of lecturers
