Introduction to Clinical Engineering

lgbio2110  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Introduction to Clinical Engineering
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Crevecoeur Frédéric; Lefèvre Philippe;
Language
English
Prerequisites
Students need to master the common core skills described in the Civil Engineering Bachelor's programme
Main themes
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.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Regarding the learning outcomes of the programme of "Master in Biomedical Engineering", this course contributes to the development and the acquisition of the following skills :
  • 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 contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Teaching methods
The course consists of different modules (risk analysis, health technology assessment, quality management and medical device management).
Evaluation methods
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
Online resources
Moodle
https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/search.php?search=LGBIO2110
Bibliography
Plusieurs livres servent de base pour les différents modules. Une copie de ses livres est disponible sur demande auprès de l'enseignant.
Faculty or entity
GBIO


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Biomedical Engineering
GBIO2M
3