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Bioengineering course for the Benjamin Franklin
Scholars Program
The course will be revised in Spring 2010 from the earlier posting at this location. Further course outline details will be posted later.
Instructor: Gershon Buchsbaum, Bioengineering
Spring 2010: This course will provide an examination of technology and its impact on medicine, with an emphasis on the intersection of engineering with medicine and health. Basic foundations of historical perspective, constraints on technological development, and the promise and peril of technological impact on medicine will be discussed. Modules will also focus on specific technological advances as a basis for the discussion. Planned topics include: implants with emphasis on cochlear devices and sensory rehabilitative devices.
The course is geared to all students interested in aspects of medicine and engineering and applied science. Reading will integrate topics of the impact of technology on medicine, as well as examine societal issues related to effects technology in health care. The course will be discussion-based and structured around readings of primary sources, commentaries, and publications in the literature. Throughout the term, students will be expected to select a specific technology to follow in the medical, scientific and engineering, as well as popular and lay literature and discuss its applications and impact.
Pre-requisite or co-requisite: First year college physics, chemistry, and biology or AP credits; Sophomore and higher classes only.
Person(s) Preparing Description and Date:
Gershon Buchsbaum
November 2009
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