BIOE 301/362 - Bioengineering and World Health

Daily Calendar

Week
Lecture Topic
Reading Project Tasks

UNIT 1: What are the major health problems worldwide?

Week 1 L1: Course overview - Emerging Medical Technologies, Technology Assesment, Basic Health & Economic Data Chapter 1-3  
  L2: Health problems in developed and developing world: under 5 Chapter 4 Project Task 1
Week 2 L3: Health problems in developed and developing world: ages 15-44 Chapter 4  
  L4: Health problems in developed and developing world: ages 45-60, Global health challenges Chapter 4  

UNIT 2: Who pays to solve problems in healthcare?

Week 3 L5: Health Systems: A global comparison. Who pays for healthcare, The need for reform Chapter 5 Project Task 2
  L6: Healthcare Costs vs. Time: Trends and Drivers. What drives increases, Healthcare reform in Oregon Chapter 6  
Week 4 EXAM 1    

UNIT 3: How can technology solve healthcare problems?

  L7: Evolution of Technology: Scientific Method, Engineering Design & Translational Research Chapter 7 Project Task 3
Week 5 L8: Prevention of Infectious Disease. Vaccines, Impact on childhood diseases
Chapter 8
  L9: Prevention of infectious disease. Vaccine development, Ethics of clinical research Chapter 8-9 Project Task 4
Week 6 L10: Technologies for Early Detection of Cancer. Cancer Burden, Development, Early detection importance Chapter 10 Project Task 5
  L11:Technologies for Early Detection of Cancer. Cervical cancer, New screening technologies
Chapter 10
 
Week 7 L12: Technologies for Early Detection of Cancer. Prostate cancer, Ovarian cancer Chapter 10 Project Task 6
  Project Work Day    
Week 8 Midterm Recess    
  L13: Cost-effectiveness of Screening for Cancer. Economic evaluation for health technology assessment. Chapter 11 Project Task 7
Week 9 L14: Technologies for Treatment of Heart Disease. Disease Burden, Cardiovascular system, Heart attacks Chapter 12  
  Preliminary Project Presentations    
Week 10 Project Work Day    
  Project Work Day    
Week 11 L15: Technologies for Treatment of Heart Disease. How do we treat coronary artery disease? Chapter 12 Project Task 8
  L16: Technologies for Treatment of Heart Disease. Heart Failure and Artificial Hearts. Chapter 12  
Week 12 L17: Clinical trials, Sample size calculation Chapter 13 Project Task 9
  L18: Diffusion of technology Chapter 14  

UNIT 4: How are healthcare technologies managed?

Week 13 EXAM 2    
  L19: Regulation of Healthcare Technologies. Dietary Supplements, FDA approval of drugs and devices Chapter 15  
Week 14 L20: Future of Bioengineering & World Health Chapter 16  
Week 15 Project Presentations    
  Project Presentations    

 

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