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Design and Implementation of Health Care Devices and Software (5 cr)

Code: 7Y00FJ93-3002

General information


Enrolment period

02.12.2021 - 19.01.2022

Timing

01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022

Credits

5 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

MD in Health Technology

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Well-Being Technology
  • Master's Degree Programme in Well-Being Technology
  • Master's Degree Programme in Well-Being Technology

Teachers

  • Jukka-Pekka Pirhonen
  • Lea Saarni

Person in charge

Jukka-Pekka Pirhonen

Groups

  • 22YHS
  • 22YHT
  • 22YHL

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- masters entirety and documentation concerning the government regulations and requirements of health care medical device and software
- is able to apply regulatory requirements in hardware and software design and product development
- masters the CE marking process for healthcare equipment and software

Content (course unit)

Healthcare hardware and software requirements
Risk management system
Demonstration of hardware and software compliance
Clinical evaluation and research
Classification criteria
Quality management system
CE marking of healthcare equipment and software

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe the medical device regulatory process.
- can prepare a basic level description for the risk management documentation for a medical device
- knows the CE conformity requirements related to medical devices, but cannot assess the detailed classification of a device
- has participated in group project work, but has done their part incompletely.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe and prepare a set of regulatory requirements for a medical device
- can prepare a description and analyse the risk management documentation for a medical device
- knows the CE conformity requirements related to medical devices and is able to assess the classification of a device
- has participated in group project work and has done their part well.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe, compile and apply a set of regulatory requirements for medical devices
- can prepare a description and analyse and evaluate the risk management documentation for a medical device
- knows the CE conformity requirements related to healthcare devices well and is able to assess and justify whether the device is subject to medical device regulation or not
- has participated in group project work and has done their part excellently.

Assessment scale

0-5