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Credit: 1 course unit
Elective course
Catalog
Description:
Introduction to the integration of biomedical engineering in
clinical medicine through lectures and a preceptorship
with clinical faculty
Prerequisites:
None
Textbook(s) and/or
Other Required Materials:
Handouts and references to resource materials in the different
areas of clinical medicine covered in the course.
Course Objectives
and Relationship to Program Educational Objectives:
Students are introduced to real-life problems and opportunities in
clinical medicine through lectures and an in-depth preceptorship
in a clinical department. Lecturers and Preceptors are principally
clinician scientists with backgrounds in the physical or engineering
sciences who are involved in BE-related clinical practice and research.
The use of bioengineering principles and practice is highlighted.
An important aspect
of engineering practice is the solution of quantitative technical problems, both for design and applications. Starting this semester there will be an option to complete homework problems related to the technical aspects of those lectures amenable to quantitative analysis with which students should be familiar. Although homework completion will be used strictly for extra credit, all students are encouraged to work on these problems.
Topics Covered:
Lectures (80min) in:
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Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
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Rehabilitation
Medicine
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Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Epilepsy
Neurology
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Neurotrauma
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Cardiac
Surgery
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Cancer
Pharmacology Mass Spec.
/ Proteomics
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Pulmonary
Imaging
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Neurosurgery
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Orthopaedic Surgery
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Medical
Informatics
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Cardiac
Imaging
Class/Laboratory
Schedule:
Lecture: 3 hr/week for 6 weeks
Preceptorship : Begins week 4 for balance of semester. 10-15h/week
Contribution
towards Professional Component:
50% Engineering science
50% Clinical
Contribution
towards Program Outcomes:
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Multidisciplinary
Ability
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High
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Problem Solving Approach
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High
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Problem Solving
Methods
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Low
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Experimentation
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Low
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Design
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Low
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Professional
Orientation
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High
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Person(s) Preparing
Description and Date:
David M. Eckmann, Ph.D., M.D.
Updated – July 20, 2007
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