HL1012 Work Place Training in Medical Engineering 3.0 credits

Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Practice in a clinical engineering department
Practical observation of care with supervision
Lectures and Seminars
Documentation and report writing
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course students will be able to:
• Describe the work and problems in selected medical clinics
• Describe clinical engineering practice in hospitals
• Understand the care from a patient´s perspective
• Discuss medical and technical issues with health professionals
• Discuss medical devices in healthcare
Course disposition
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Medicinsk grundkurs or equivalent
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Literature
Jacobson och Öberg: Teknik i praktisk sjukvård, Studentlitteratur
Bertil Jacobson: Medicin och teknik, Studentlitteratur
Course materials from basic courses
Handouts and collected material and notes from lectures and seminars
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- RED1 - Assignments and at Least 80% Attendance, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Portfolio with passed assignments
High attendance at all components (course management decides, over 80%)
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course web
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Education cycle
Add-on studies
Supplementary information
The limited number of places are distributed according to the results achieved in the program