Introduction to Medical Engineering

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use practical laboratory and experimental skills to investigate problems in medical engineering and healthcare context.
• Communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary context on complex engineering matters with technical and non-technical audiences, evaluating the effectiveness of the methods used.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Explain principles of ethics, risk management and data protection in the context of medical engineering
• Explain key biopsychosocial considerations in the use of healthcare technologies.
• Outline purpose, principles and performance of some key healthcare technologied

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select and critically evaluate technical literature and other sources of information and carry out independent study

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Adopt an inclusive approach to medical engineering practice and recognise the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct from both engineering and healthcare practice.

1)Medical engineering: scope and professions

2)Meet the user: identifying user needs

3)Communicating in a multidisciplinary environment and with range of users

4)Key healthcare technologies: purpose, principles and performance

5)Biopsychosocial aspects of healthcare technologies

6)Experimental practice in medical engineering

7)Hands-on introduction to the biomedical engineering design process

8)Professionalism in biomedical engineering: ethics, risk management and data protection

Learning and teaching methods include

1)Lectures and presentations by academic staff, clinicians and users

2)Interactive sessions with users and clinicians

3)Case studies

4)Short design activities

5)Labs

6)Visits to industry, clinical facilities and research labs

7) Independent study

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Educative poster and supportive paper

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: Yes

Design Exercise

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: Yes

Lab Report

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.