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

Person responsible

Minna Kellomäki, Elina Talvitie

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Periods 3 3 - 5	International Students

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 medical biomaterials science. You will know the structures and properties of medical biomaterials as well as their main clinical applications. You will also get to know the bases of tissue engineering and controlled drug release. You can list sterilization methods and their special characteristics and you will know the requirements for packing the medical device.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Main terminology and definitions
2.	Classification of medical biomaterials
3.	Properties and applications of biomaterials (material group)
4.	Toxicity, cytotoxicity, biocompatibility
5.	Sterilization, packing and testing

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
Lecture slides	Introduction to Medical Biomaterials				Moodle		English
Other literature					Moodle, library,e-book		English

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Additional information

Course is only for exchange students (not for MSc degree students who should take courses BME-1156, BME-1166 and BME-1176). Course is available as a distance learning course and no lectures or excercises are needed. If you wish to do the course, you need to contact lecturer (Elina Talvitie)by email. During the course you should meet supervisor 3-4 times. You need to finalize the course in two periods.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	During the course you should meet supervisor 3-4 times, contact Ms. Elina Talvitie.	Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	29.05.2009
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen