Introduction to Clinical Engineering [ LGBIO2110 ]

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LGBIO2110 presents the different aspects of engineering duties inside a hospital. This course focuses both on medical devices but also on the processes inside a hospital (patient admission, pre-operative screening '). This course covers a broad range of topics in order to represent the diversity of tasks performed by engineers inside a hospital.

Regarding the learning outcomes of the programme of "Master in Biomedical Engineering", this course contributes to the development and the acquisition of the following learning outcomes :

AA1.1, AA1.2, AA1.3,  -AA3.1, AA3.2,  -AA4.1,  -AA5.2, AA5.3, AA5.6

AA6.1, AA6.3

a. Domain-related learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the importance of risk analysis in the clinical settings and for medical devices
• Explain the different techniques to identify the risk and their respective strengths/weaknesses
• Assess the reliability of the clinical literature in the context of a health technology assessment, especially those linked to medical devices.
• Understand the factors governing health economics and simulating a model of health economics that takes into account the uncertainties of the parameters (e.g. MonteCarlo simulation)
• Compare the different techniques of quality management used in clinical settings
• Master the statistical tools linked to the Six Sigma technique (Control chart, statistical testing, confidence interval)
• Explain the importance of inventory and maintenance of medical devices in a clinical setting and how they influence risk and quality management

b. Transversal learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Read a health technology assessment and present it to a clinical audience
• Perform Monte-Carlo simulations
• Apply risk analysis tools
• Apply quality management methods
• Perform a literature search to find scientific articles linked to a specific article

The final mark is obtained as following :

• 30% is awarded based on the presentation of a scientific article linked to the course.
• 70% is awarded based on an oral exam with preparation

The course consists of different modules (risk analysis, health technology assessment, quality management and medical device management).

Several books are used throughout the different modules. A copy of these books is available by request to the teacher.