Admission requirements
This course is an Honours Class and therefore in principle only available to students of the Honours College. There are a few places available for regular students.
Description
Clinical Technology is an emerging field where clinicians, engineers, and clinical physicists work closely together to improve health care. Think of imaging technology, such as MRI and CT. But clinical technology is also about minimally invasive surgery and medical devices, such as pacemakers and orthopaedic implants.
It will turn out that there is more to clinical technology than pure engineering: there are also ethical, sociological and juridical aspects and implications. In this Honours Class, we will present and analyse a number of cases in which state of the art clinical technology was developed and implemented by engineers, clinicians, and clinical physicists.
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have a comprehensive view on state of the art advances in clinical technology and its ethical, sociological and juridical aspects and implications.
Timetable
Wednesdays: 25 January, 22 February, 8 and 22 March, 5 and 19 April, 3, 17 and 31 May, 14th of June: 17:15-21:00 hrs
Location
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), room H1-14/18
The Final detabe will take place in the Old Observartory, room C0.05.
Programme
January 25: Coming together, brief overview of the Honours Class and student assignments
February 22: “Designer biomaterials: combining 3D printing and rational design”
Prof.dr. A. Zadpoor: Department of Biomedical Engineering, 3-ME, TU-Delft.March 8: Quality of implants and patient safety
Prof. dr. R.G.H.H. Nelissen, Department of Orthopaedics, LUMC Prof.dr. ir. E.R. Valstar, Department of Orthopaedics, LUMC and Department of Biomechanical Engineering, TU DelftMarch 22: Medical Imaging: From molecule to man
Prof.dr.ir. Boudewijn Lelieveldt LUMC and TU DelftApril 5: Cochlear implants: clinical problem, technological solution, and social impact
Prof. dr. ir. J.H.M. Frijns, Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery, LUMCApril 19: Vascular surgery: on minimally invasive surgery, stents, and safety
Prof. dr. J.F. Hamming, Department of Surgery, LUMC; pending confirmationMay 3: Healthcare ethics and medical diveces
Mw. Dr. Cezanne Philips, LUMCMay 17: Health Technology Assessment
Dr. Ken Redekop, Institute of Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; pending confirmationMay 31: An industry perspective
Dr. Eric Garling, Stryker, SwitzerlandJune 14: Final Debate
Course Load
This course is worth 5 EC, which means the total course load equals 140 hours.
Lectures: 10 lectures of 4 hours
Literature reading: 5 hours per session
Session organization: 15 hours
Assignments & final essay: 40 hours
Assessment method
20% Organising a session
10% Active participation in the sessions
70% Final essay of minimum 2000 words
Blackboard and uSis
Blackboard will be used in this course. Students can register for the Blackboard site two weeks prior to the start of the course.
Please note: students are not required to register through uSis for the Honours Classes. Your registration will be done centrally.
Reading list
The reading materials for the individual sessions will be posted on BlackBoard.
Registration
Enrolling in this course is possible from Monday November 7th until Sunday November 20th through the Honours Academy, via this link