ELT-73306 Drug Delivery Devices, 4 cr
Additional information
This course is not lectured in 2015-16, but will be in spring term 2017. In an urgent case, the course can be done by taking a personal exam. Please contact course responsible persons.
Will not be lectured year 2015-2016
Person responsible
Timo Allinniemi, Minna Kellomäki
-->Requirements
Accepted assignments and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning Outcomes
Student can explain the key points of controlled drug delivery and the factors affecting the rate of drug delivery. Student can classify different drug delivery systems and explain the theories behind them. Student can compare different applications of each delivery system. Student can describe the drug release characterization methods and explain different manufacturing methods. Student can design an improvement for existing drug delivery device and justify its improvements as well as analyze its future views in the field of drug delivery devices.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Benefits of controlled drug delivery. The factors affecting the rate of drug delivery. | Drug delivery kinetics. | |
| 2. | Different drug delivery methods and the theories behind them. | Pros and cons of each drug delivery method and their clinical applications. | Calculating the release rates in each method. |
| 3. | Drug delivery charaterization and device manufacturing. | Requirements and limitations of manufacturing drug delivery devices. | |
| 4. | Research and the future of drug delivery devices. | Evaluation and analyzing the new drug delivery applications. |
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 (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Lecture slides | Drug Delivery Devices | Yes |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| ELT-61226 Biomedical Engineering: Biomaterials | Mandatory | |
| ELT-73106 Bioceramics and their Clinical Applications | Advisable |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| ELT-73306 Drug Delivery Devices, 4 cr | BME-4606 Drug Delivery Devices, 4 cr |