ELT-74106 Tissue Engineering, 3 cr

Person responsible

Janne Koivisto, Minna Kellomäki

Lessons

Implementation Period Person responsible Requirements
ELT-74106 2016-01 1 - 2 Minna Kellomäki
Janne Koivisto
Accepted mid-term and final exams. This is an e-learning course and there are no lectures. Material is available in Moodle (https://moodle2.tut.fi/course/view.php?id=9922).
ELT-74106 2016-02 3 - 4 Minna Kellomäki
Janne Koivisto
Accepted mid-term and final exams. This is an e-learning course and there are no lectures. Material is available in Moodle.

Learning Outcomes

Student is able to name and explain the main terminology and definitions as well as define principal materials and methods used in the field of tissue engineering. Student can recognize the components of living tissue engineering implant and their effects on the implant. Student can interpret special characteristics in tissue engineering, diversity of legislation and ethical issues. Student has familiarized himself with selected topics in the field and has collected and compared information gathered from various literature sources.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Main terminology and definitions     
2. Development of tissue engineering in general  Details about development of tissue engineering   
3. Methods and materials of tissue engineering  Methods in detail  Influence of the methods on a final product 
4. Components of tissue engineering implant  Description of the components  Components in detail, manufacturing etc. 
5. Special characteristics in tissue engineering, legislation and ethics  Methods of the special characteristics and authorities of legislation  Methods of the special characteristics in detail 

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The final grade of the course is determined based on the assessment of all part of the course. The weighting factor of each part is given at the beginning of the course. Grades 1-2: Learning outcomes have been achieved. Satisfactory command in core content of the course. Grades 3-4: Some learning outcomes have been exceeded qualitatively or quantitatively. Good command in core content and complementary knowledge of the course. Good or very good marks from all parts of the course. Grade 5: Most of the learning outcomes have been exceeded. Deep command in the whole content of the course. Almost maximum performance in all parts of the course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Additional information Examination material
Book   Tissue Engineering   Blitterswijk       There is a link to this book as a e-book version in the Moodle-pages of this course.   No   



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
ELT-74106 Tissue Engineering, 3 cr BMT-74106 Tissue Engineering, 3 cr  
ELT-74106 Tissue Engineering, 3 cr BME-5206 Tissue Engineering, 3 cr  

Updated by: Nousiainen Juha, 14.04.2016