AMME1960 Study Guide - Final Guide: Parallel Projection, John Cade, Hyperthermia Therapy
6 Jun 2018
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AMME1960 Biomedical Engineering 1A
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING WELCOME LECTURE
Lecturer: Dr. Philip Boughton (Program Manager & Lecturer)
Link Building Level 2, Room 242; [email protected]
Biomedical Engineering is portable and in demand, caters to
- Medtech Industries
- Healthcare Sector
- Medical Research and Innovation
Diverse Career Options
- Three kinds:
o Health: includes prevention & wellbeing
o Medical: includes non-surgical & research
o Clinical: direct patient care & hospitalisation
- Healthcare Sector (Hospitals & Clinics, Allied Health, Medical Research Institutes,
Public Health, Governance, Regulatory Agencies)
- Biotech Industry (Pharmaceuticals, Device Packaging, Analytical Labs, Sterilization,
Food Teh, “uppleets, Eioetal “afet, Reeale ateials…
- Medtech Industry (Start-up Device Companies, Design & Manufacture, In-Surgery
Support, Maintenance & Repairs, Consulting & Guidance, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs)
A cross-section of Australian Health-Related Innovation [1]
WEEK 1 – LECTURE 1 (MONDAY): INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL PROGRAM & INDUSTRY
Biomedical Engineering Education Team
School of AMME – over 1500 student within 5 disciplines: Biomedical, Mechanical,
Mechatronic, Aeronautical, Space (AMME is the second largest engineering school after Civil
Engineering)
- Director of Biomedical Engineering: Prof Andrew Ruys
- Director (Education) of Biomedical Engineering: Prof Qing Li
- Program Manager/1st Year Advisor: Dr Philip Boughton
- 2nd Year Advisor: Prof Gregg Suaning
- 3rd Year Advisor: Dr Yogambha (Yogi) Ramaswamy
- Final Year + Exchange Advisor: A/Prof Colin Dunstan
Grades: WAM (CP*Grade*Year Level)
- Honours Thesis Weighted by 8
- Graduation WAM
o WAM below 65: 3rd Class Honours
o WAM 65-70: 2nd Class Division 2 Honours
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o WAM 70-75: 2nd Class Division 1 Honours
o WAM 75+: 1st Class Honours
o WAM 85+ AND Top of the Year: University Medal
WEEK 1 – LECTURE 2 (WEDNESDAY): THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Lecture Objectives
- Define the healthcare sector
- Define health, medical and clinical terminology
- Understand biomedical engineer roles in the hospital
- Understand the regional healthcare sector
- Identify devices and technology in an operating suite
- Articulate key challenges in the healthcare sector
- Articulate emerging opportunities in healthcare
ISO Class 7 Cleanroom Manufacturing
- Minimum requirement for class 2 or 3 long term implants
- Engineering Design & Development (ISO13485)
- Materials, Mechanics, Manufacturing
- Quality Management Systems
- Microbiology, Biocompatibility, Physical Analysis
Question: What roles can biomedical engineers play in hospitals and medical centres?
Possible answers:
- Managing and auditing quality & safety in health care facilities
- In surgery technical support for tools, devices, implants
- Orthopaedics patient gate analysis, biomechanics studies and testing
- Rehabilitation engineering / support with custom devices, braces, frames, cuffs
- Prosthetics and orthotics design, fabrication, customization
- Managing design-build and maintenance of surgical theatres
- Medical imaging installation, handling, processing, correction
- Radiation oncology / medical physics / dosimetry and calibration
- Installation, Repairs and preventative maintenance of medical equipment
- 3D printing for pre-surgical planning and custom implant templating
- Infection control, cleaning and sterilization departments
- Failure analysis and Risk Management
- IP management & research management
- Training and Education of Clinical staff or Patients and Supporters
- Electronic records infrastructure and data analytics
- Clinical trials for validating safety and efficacy of medical devices and technologies
Clinical Engineering
A Definition: The American College of Clinical Engineering defines a clinical engineer (CE) as:
a professional who supports and advances patient care by applying engineering and
aagerial skills to health care techology. Clinical engineering is a subset of biomedical
engineering. Whereas biomedical engineering is practiced primarily in academic institutions,
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the research laboratory, and manufacturing, clinical engineering is practiced in hospitals and
other environments where medical device technologies are utilized.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital: RPA linked opportunities
- RPA Biomedical Engineering
- Charles Perkins Centre
- Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics
- Lifehouse Cancer Centre
- Institute of Academic Surgery
- Centenary Institute
Regional & Rural Health
- Visiting GPs and mobile clinics
- Health charities (e.g. sight for all, Fred hollows)
- Accessible health solutions
Healthcare
- Not confined to hospital beds and buildings
- Preventative approaches
- Real-time monitoring instead of intermittent
- Interdisciplinary remote care
- Proactive patient participation
- Portals to Cloud analytics and Dashboards
- Evidence-based medicine and health management
- Sustainability, transparency, continuum of personalized care
- Equity and accessibility, regional, global?
- Shift from purely risk management to innovation (opportunities)
→ Biomedical design and innovation
PRE-TUTORIAL WORK FOR WEEK 2
One other area where engineering and applied science has gone ahead of the fundamental
science is DBS.
1. Choose and review one area of healthcare interest: blood tests
• A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually
extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerpick.
• Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose test or a cholesterol
test, are often grouped together into one test panel called a blood panel or blood
work.
• Blood tests are often used in health care to determine physiological and biochemical
states, such as disease, mineral content, pharmaceutical drug effectiveness, and organ
function.
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Document Summary
Lecturer: dr. philip boughton (program manager & lecturer) Biomedical engineering is portable and in demand, caters to. Three kinds: health: includes prevention & wellbeing, medical: includes non-surgical & research, clinical: direct patient care & hospitalisation. Healthcare sector (hospitals & clinics, allied health, medical research institutes, Biotech industry (pharmaceuticals, device packaging, analytical labs, sterilization, Medtech industry (start-up device companies, design & manufacture, in-surgery. Support, maintenance & repairs, consulting & guidance, clinical & regulatory affairs) Week 1 lecture 1 (monday): introduction to biomedical program & industry. School of amme over 1500 student within 5 disciplines: biomedical, mechanical, Mechatronic, aeronautical, space (amme is the second largest engineering school after civil. Director of biomedical engineering: prof andrew ruys. Director (education) of biomedical engineering: prof qing li. Program manager/1st year advisor: dr philip boughton. 3rd year advisor: dr yogambha (yogi) ramaswamy. Final year + exchange advisor: a/prof colin dunstan.
