SYSC 4202
Clinical Engineering
Overview of the Canadian health care system; brief examples of other countries; clinical engineering and the management of technologies in industrialized and in developing countries; safety, reliability, quality assurance; introduction to biomedical sensor technologies; applications of telemedicine; impact of technology on health care.
2020
Topics
- Canadian Health Care System
- Health Technology Management
- Capital Equipment Procurement, Device Standards
- Sensors and Medical Technology Overview
- Patient Safety & Risk Management
- Risk Reporting, Liability, Incident Investigation
- Education, Research & Development, Telemedicine Technologies
- Strategic Technology Planning
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering or Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as BIOM 5406 , for which additional credit is precluded. Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.