ANAT20090 Med. Sciences for Biomed.Engin

Academic Year 2022/2023

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 fields of biomedical engineering and medical device technologies and biomedical physics.
The module will introduce the structure and function of each anatomical system, providing students with an understanding of how they operate and interact, with an emphasis on the control strategies and mechanisms 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 toward understanding, diagnosis and treatment of major disorders. Examples of biomedical engineering applications in the fields of prosthetics, cardiovascular systems, neuromodulation and imaging will be addressed.

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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 approach to demonstrate an aspect of anatomical form and/or function

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 system fundamentals
- Special senses: eye and ear
- Applications of imaging, prosthetics and medical devices

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Small Group

6
Practical

5
Autonomous Student Learning

85
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will be primarily delivered via face-to-face sessions. Details on face-to-face sessions will be provided in Brightspace along with any format changes necessitated by public health recommendations.

Lectures:
- 24 x 50 min lecture slots, 2 per week.
- Lectures will be delivered face-to-face.

Anatomy practicals:
- 5 x 50 min face-to-face anatomy practicals, every 2 weeks beginning in week 3

Group project:
- 4 x 50 min facilitated face-to-face group project sessions from weeks 1-6
- 1 x 110 min presentation session in week 7 or 8
- Group work assignments
- 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
Examination: End of trimester examination 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

70
Group Project: Group project deliverables Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
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?

- Group project: Feedback from peer-review and facilitators in initial stages of project, feedback to group from facilitators on project deliverables. - End of trimester examination: Example papers with self-assessment form for responses.

Fundamentals of anatomy & physiology by Martini, Frederic; Nath, Judi Lindsley; Bartholomew, Edwin F ; 2015, Global edition. eBook available through library.
Name Role
Dr Jayne Carberry Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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