ANAT20090 Med. Sciences for Biomed.Engin

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module will introduce students to the anatomical structures and physiological functions of the human body in the healthy and diseased state. The module will focus on the systems of the human body most relevant to the field of biomedical engineering and medical device technologies.
The module will introduce the structure and function of these systems, providing students with an understanding of how they operate and interact, with an emphasis on the control strategies and mechanism that regulate function. The changes that take place with disease will be outlined to provide students with the background necessary to understand and develop biomedical engineering approaches to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of major disorders. Examples of biomedical engineering applications in the fields of prosthetics, cardiovascular systems, neuromodulation and imaging will be discussed.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Following successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of human body systems, how they operate and how they interact
2. Describe how changes occur in human body systems with disease
3. Describe biomedical engineering approaches in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of major disorders
4. Design and implement an interactive engineering solution to demonstrate an aspect of anatomical form and/or function in the healthy or diseased state

Indicative Module Content:

Introductory content on the following:
- Organisation of human body; anatomical terminology; body planes
- Cells, tissue and organ structure
- Pathology and mechanisms of disease
- Nervous system anatomy and physiology
- Musculoskeletal system anatomy and physiology
- Cardiovascular system anatomy and physiology
- Respiratory system fundamentals
- Urinary system fundamentals
- Endocrine system fundamentals
- Gastrointestinal system fundamentals
- Lymphatics and immunity
- Reproductive systems
- Special senses: eye and ear
- Applications of imaging, prosthetics and medical devices

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Small Group

4
Tutorial

4
Practical

6
Autonomous Student Learning

82
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
A blended learning approach will be employed to deliver this module.
Details on student specific attendance at face-to-face sessions will be provided in Brightspace.

Lectures:
- 2 x 50 min lecture slots per week (24 lectures).
- Week 1 will be delivered live online via Blackboard Collaborate (accessed via Brightspace).
- Subsequent lectures may be delivered using a hybrid approach with some students attending face-to-face sessions, with the lecture being broadcast online simultaneously.
- Recordings of all lectures will be available in Brightspace.

Anatomy practicals:
- 1 x 50 min face-to-face anatomy practical every 4 weeks (3 practical sessions)

Group project:
- 1 x 50 min facilitated online group project session every 2 weeks (5 facilitated project sessions)
- Peer and group work
- Student presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Short-answer question paper (online open book) Week 12 n/a Graded No

40
Group Project: Group project deliverables Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

30
Continuous Assessment: Multiple choice questionnaire (online) Week 6 n/a Graded No

30

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

- Multiple choice questionnaire: Example questionnaires will provide formative online automated feedback prior to the continuous assessment questionnaire results which will be fed back individually to students. - Group project: Feedback from peer-review and facilitators in initial stages of project, feedback to group from facilitators on project deliverables. - Short answer questionnaire: Example questionnaire with self-assessment form for responses. Continuous assessment results fed back individually.

Name Role
Dr Eoin Cummins Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Dearbhaile Dooley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Mark Pickering Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Stephen Thorpe Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor James Jones Tutor