Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Minna Kellomäki

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 3 : Tuesday 9 - 11, BME Meeting room/Hermia Per 4 : Tuesday 9 - 12, K3108B Tuesday 9 - 11, SH304 Per 5 : Thursday 9 - 12, SH304

Requirements

All the lectures, assignments and seminars are compulsory. Accepted written reports and accepted oral and written final reports requested.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

After the course you will know the planning process stages of a medical device from an idea to a final product. You will perform the literature review which includes patent and market surveys and a survey of requirements for the application and the biomaterial. You will review also scientific articles and use different databases. You will set up with your team the schedule, work flow and budget for the project. Your team will present the project as written document and orally in seminars. You will have feedback from your final oral presentation. The course is done as team work.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Process stages of a medical device from an idea to a final product
2.	Going through the stages from an idea to the final product: designing the device
3.	Literature review: patent survey, marketing survey, setting up the requirements of the application, properties of the biomaterial and components of the device
4.	Setting up the schedule, work flow and budget for the project
5.	Written and oral presentations of the work stages

Evaluation criteria for the course

Written reports and final reports (oral and written) determine the grade.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Course starts in the beginning of the spring semester (January 2008)	Lectures Seminar work Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	07.08.2008
Modifier	Lila Nikkola