Course Catalog 2009-2010 Postgraduate Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Heimo Ylänen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 3 : Tuesday 10 - 17, SH304	Materiaalitekniikan koulutusohjelma

Requirements

Exercise work and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, you have an updated understanding about bioceramics and their functioning. You understand which material properties the bio-activity is based on and how it can be verified. You have learned the basis of how bioceramic implants are behaving in the body.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The structure and mechanical properties of bioceramics.
2.	Biological interactions of bioceramics with the body.
3.	Fabrication of bioceramics.
4.	Analysis methods of bioceramics.
5.	Examples of different types of bioceramics and classes and their clinical applications.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Bioceramics and Their Clinical Applications	T. Kokubo (ed.)					English

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1

Last modified	10.02.2010
Modifier	Virpi Hämäläinen