Clinical Engineering and Hospital Safety

Code:

MEB201

Acronym:

ECSH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Advanced options in biomedical engineering

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Electronics and Digital Systems
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Biomedical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEB	16	Plano de estudos oficial 2009/2010	1	-	5	50	135
PRODEB	2	Syllabus	1	-	5	50	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students should acquire a set of essential skills in the area of Clinical Engineering, namely in Clinical Environment and Hospital Safety.
Students should be capable of identifying problems in the area of Clinical Engineering and Hospital Safety and applying the acquired technical knowledge in the planning and analysis to solve those problems. Students should be also capable of performing assessment activities.

Program

• Electrical, electronic and electromagnetic safety:
Physiological effects of electric current; Solutions for electrical and electronic safety in a medical environment; The problematic of electromagnetic safety; Regulations; Specific aspects of the design of electrical systems.
• Fire safety:
Criteria and rules to design installations and specific systems of fire safety; Intervention in case of accidents; Regulations;
• Chemical and biological safety:
Presentation of the various problems that may be caused by chemical and biological contamination and safety risks; Presentation of techniques and solutions for specific intervention.
• Clinical environment acoustics:
Presentation of the fundamental aspects of comfort and adequacy of acoustic conditioning and rules to its practical utilisation in the diverse clinical environments; Paradigmatic cases (oral communication in operation theatres and intensive care units).
• Accessibility and communications:
The problem of access to the facilities and communication technologies, telecommunication and teleinformatics of clinical personnel and patients; The problem of communication and telecommunication of patients with disabilities and the elderly and corresponding solutions.
• Environmental Control and Air Conditioning
Physical comfort (atmosphere conditioning humidity, temperature and purity). Integration of those processes to the ones related to lighting, communication and specific accessories used by hospital personnel and patients.

Mandatory literature

Elementos fornecidos pelos docentes

Teaching methods and learning activities

Execution of a research assignment on one of the themes of the programme.
The research should be focused as much as possible on a project designed to an intervention to a real situation. However, students may also write a review of the state of the art of a given theme of the bibliography.
The final version of this assignment should be a scientific paper with a public presentation.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	42,00
Assignment in the form of a scientific paper	Trabalho escrito	69,00		2010-06-07
Exam	Exame	2,00		2010-07-23
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	25	2010-06-21
	Total:	25,00

Eligibility for exams

Students have to reach a passing grade in the assignment.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade will be based on two components which are worth the same:
1. An open book exam
2. A written assignment in the form of a scientific paper on a theme approved by the professors, as mentioned in “Teaching Procedures”.

Examinations or Special Assignments

A written assignment in the form of a scientific paper on a theme chosen by the students.
The assignments have to be presented in a public session and will later be published in a record.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same rules as for regular students.

Classification improvement

Resit.
Students can only improve the grade of their assignments on the following academic year.