BE 439 Clinical Engineering - Medical Equipment Management
As clinical medicine has become increasingly dependent on more sophisticated technologies and the complex equipment associated with it, the clinical engineer has become the bridge between modern medicine and equally modern engineering. In this course, students will be exposed to the practice of clinical engineering, specifically medical equipment management within hospitals. The course will discuss the wide variety of medical devices used in clinical settings, the regulatory requirements to keep them safe, the challenges in keeping them running, the risk associated with them, the interaction with nurses and physicians to assure the equipment is used to its fullest capabilities and the complex world of Information systems and the integration of the devices. The class will include hands on examples demonstrating the skills necessary to support medical equipment within a hospital.
Cross Listed Courses
BE 439 &
BE 539