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

Person responsible

Kaarlo Paakinaho, Minna Kellomäki

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Periods 1 1 - 2
Implementation 2	Periods 3 3 - 4

Requirements

Passed all given assignments and written exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

You will understand the main terminology and definitions in the field of tissue engineering. You will know the materials and methods of tissue engineering. You can list the components for "living" tissue engineering implant and you can determine their effects on the implant. You will also examine few special characteristics in tissue engineering, diversity of legislation and ethical issues.

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 for tissue engineering implant	Description of the components	Components in detail, manufacturing etc.
5.	Special characteristics in tissue engineering, legislation and ethicality	Methods of the special characteristics and authorities of legislation	Methods of the special characteristics in detail

Evaluation criteria for the course

Passed all given assignments and written exam.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Frontiers in Tissue Engineering	Patrick, Mikos, Intire			Course Material		English
Online book							English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 2	Spring implementation

Last modified	23.09.2009
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen