Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient healthcare and quality of life.
These courses help medical professionals understand how to effectively manage medical technology and use medical devices. After successful completion of a course, participants will be familiar with the technology and its context, clinical application and potential problems.
Health Technology Assessment
The workshop focuses on the concept of quality development in health systems. It will discuss all existing alternatives and components of health technologies already in use, or recently proposed for use, in health systems: organizations, processes, procedures, devices and drugs. The objective of a health technology assessment is to provide decision makers with the most reliable scientific evidence and a useful tool as a basis for their political, financial and clinical decisions in regards to the appropriate use of healthcare technology.
Medical Device Maintenance
Participants learn how maintenance of medical devices can be performed in a professional and cost-effective manner in order to increase up-time, performance and safety during the lifetime of the product. It covers how maintenance of medical devices can be professionally planned, prioritized, performed and documented in collaboration with users of medical devices at hospitals and clinics.
Biomedical Engineering Management
The course covers biomedical and clinical engineering organization and support processes such as procurement, inventory systems for medical devices, efficient service routines, understanding operator and service manuals, installation routines and user training.
Medical Technology Safety
This course gives an introduction to the safety principles when working with medical devices to ensure the safety of both patients and personnel. It is suitable for both health care personnel and biomedical engineers.
EU Medical Device Regulations and Standards
The course covers regulatory requirements for medical devices, with specific focus on the European Medical Device Directives. It also gives an introduction to the most important standards for the medical device industry, including the practical application of IEC 60601 standard.
Medical Informatics and introduction to Telemedicine
Participants receive an overview of the different types of computer applications currently available in the medical and health care sector. Further the course includes an introduction to the concept of telemedicine as well as its technique, applications and organizational requirements. The course also includes a brief introduction to medical informatics.
Radiation Safety
The Radiation Safety course is targeted to all health care personnel working with radiology devices. It covers the principles of radiation protection used in radiology and nuclear medicine as well as risk assessment. The aim of the course is to give participants an understanding of how to work with radiological devices in a safe manner.
Procurement of Medical Devices
This course covers the different aspects of procurement and how medical devices can be obtained in order to assure safe and efficient use as well as fulfil regulatory requirements. The course will discuss the complete life cycle of a medical device from delivery control, proper training, running costs, maintenance and disposal.
Medical Technology Management
This course provides an overview of the structure, organization and routines of the modern hospital and how they interact with the efficient management of medical technology.
