Human Biology in Health and Disease

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary context on complex engineering matters with technical and non-technical audiences, evaluating the effectiveness of the methods used.
• Use practical laboratory and experimental skills to investigate problems in medical engineering and healthcare context.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Select and critically evaluate technical literature and other sources of information and carry out independent study

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply an integrated or systems approach to the solution of complex problems in medical engineering.
• Use engineering judgment to work with information on health conditions, user needs and technologies that may be uncertain or incomplete, discussing the limitations of the approaches used.
• Select and critically evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to solve complex problems in medical engineering
• Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of solutions to complex problems (to include the entire lifecycle of a product or process) and minimise adverse impacts in the context of medical engineering.
• Use engineering approaches to analyse physiological systems

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Explain the concepts of health, disease, disability and wellness.
• Outline impaired function of these physiological systems in disease or injury
• Understand the way in which such impairment impacts the user, carers, clinicians and the management of the condition.
• Outline structure and function of key physiological systems, including a.Musculo-skeletal system b.Cardiovascular system c.Neuro-sensory system d.Respiratory system e.Skin

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Lab Report

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: Yes

Critical Report

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: Yes

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.