LEARNING OUTCOMES
After taking the course, the student can
- Recognize the core operations in a medical device company
- Explain the basic regulatory requirements and constraints
- Describe design process
- Explain key development tools and methods like hazard analysis, requirements management, verification & validation
- Identify key success factors in the health tech industry.
Credits: 5
Schedule: 09.01.2023 - 02.06.2023
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Jarmo Ruohonen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Finnish Health Tech sector is booming! This course gives information and methods to understand key operations in a Health Tech company. These include development (SW & HW), regulatory approaches, IPR, marketing, supply chain, service, management, and finance. The course s focus is on high-tech medical device innovations. The course is performed in two parts: The first part consists of theory in form of lectures. In the second, practical part, the students work in small teams; each team explores a selected Finnish or international company s path from innovation to business. The teams prepare and conduct interviews of the company s core person(s) or executive(s) and elaborate on the success factors. Outcomes are reported and presented.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
To pass the course, the student needs to participate actively to lectures and exercises and prepare and present an industry interview.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
- Contact teaching: ca. 12 x 2h lectures and mentored group works
- Exercise sessions: 6 h
- Preparing for exercises: 10 h
- Interviews (interviews and analysis): 30 h
- Report and presentation: 30 h
- Studying materials: 20 h.
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
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Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III - V
2023-2024 Spring III - VEnrollment :
The course is primarily meant for major students of Biomedical Engineering. If there is space, other students can be accepted in the following order: 1. minor students of Biomedical Engineering, 2. students of Life Science Technologies programme