Health Equity in Engineering Design
Discuss healthcare disparities and causal mechanisms that lead to differential patient outcomes of medical devices and therapeutics. Assess how engineers can improve the design process of healthcare technologies to remove bias and improve equity. Explore current research in the field from health disparity specialists. Biomedical Engineering 322 and 377T (Topic: Health Equity in Engr Design) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prerequisites & course information
Discuss healthcare disparities and causal mechanisms that lead to differential patient outcomes of medical devices and therapeutics. Assess how engineers can improve the design process of healthcare technologies to remove bias and improve equity. Explore current research in the field from health disparity specialists. Biomedical Engineering 322 and 377T (Topic: Health Equity in Engr Design) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027