CC 3705 Rehabilitation Engineering
The aim of this course is for students to design and implement devices for the rehabilitation of persons with a disability.
The aim of this course is for students to design and implement devices for the rehabilitation of persons with a disability.
The aim of this course is to apply the concepts of mechanics to the analysis of the musculoskeletal system and human movement.
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the principal medical pieces of equipment used in each hospital area and the clinical context of the patient on whom they are used.
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the design and development of medical facilities, new or modified, considering applicable safety issues and standards.
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with and implement a medical technology management program for hospitals.
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with and understand the design process applied to medical devices, the importance of working in interdisciplinary groups, and the corresponding ethical considerations.
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to describe the hygiene, diet, exercise, and housing requirements of elderly patients in order to distinguish the lifestyles that promote welfare from those that negatively affect the health of the elderly. This will be achieved through testing, designs of social work programs, posters , participating in an open panel on a related subject and by establishing a diagnosis with intervention proposals on the family dynamics of a senior citizen.
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to prevent, diagnose, and effectively treat the most common conditions of the female reproductive system, which affect not only women but also their families.
At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to prevent and manage comprehensively the most frequent diseases at primary-care level. They will also demonstrate critical judgment to refer cases which are beyond their resolving capacity to another level of care. The aim of this is for the students to develop an attitude toward clinical medicine oriented to the optimization of health care resources. This will be achieved through readings, discussions and practice obtained in clinical rotations.
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to diagnose and treat timely and appropriately the most common urological clinical conditions in order to define the referral / counter-referral criteria for cases that need the support of a specialist in this area. This will be achieved through readings, research, discussion of problematized clinical cases and in-hospital patient consultations.