Biomedical Systems and Equipment
General Information
Estimated learning time
Recommendations
Competences / Learning outcomes
Learning objectives
Teaching blocks
Teaching methods and general organization
Official assessment of learning outcomes
Reading and study resources
General Information
| Course unit name | Biomedical Systems and Equipment |
| Course unit code | 571448 |
| Academic year | 2024/2025 |
| Coordinator | Jordi Fonollosa Magriña |
| Department | Faculty of Physics |
| Credits | 5 |
| Single program | S |
Estimated learning time
| Activities | Type of training | Hours | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-face and/or online activities | 26 | ||
| - Lecture | Face-to-face | 26 | |
| Supervised project | 36.5 | ||
| Independent learning | 62.5 |
Recommendations
Competences / Learning outcomes to be gained during study
- Knowledge forming the basis of original thinking in the development or application of ideas, typically in a research context.
- Identification of local, national and international research and development in biomedical engineering.
- Capacity to integrate knowledge and tackle the complexity of formulating judgments based on incomplete or limited information, taking due consideration of the social and ethical responsibilities involved in applying knowledge and making judgments.
- Skills to enable lifelong self-directed and independent learning.
- Capacity to manage the bibliographic resources, documentation, legislation, databases and software applications specific to biomedical engineering.
Teaching blocks
1 Biosignal instrumentation
2 Biomedical imaging
3 Biomechanics
4 Biostatistics
Teaching methods and general organization
Each of the course topics is covered in a seminar by an expert on the topic. At the end of each seminar, students are required to take a short test related to the seminar.
The seminars are face-to-face and the attendance is mandatory.
The students will develop a research project on one of the topics presented in class. The project will be mentored by one of the lecturers of the course. The aim of the work is to provide students with basic knowledge of the studied problem, the scope and type of current existing solutions and the questions that remain open.
Official assessment of learning outcomes
FINAL GRADE = 30% (1st_Midterm) + 30% (2nd_Midterm) + 30% (Activity) + 10% (Quiz)
//QUIZ: short exam related to the seminar. At the end of each seminar, a test is carried out. The mean value of all quizzes accounts for 10% of the final grade.
//FIRST MIDTERM EXAM: it covers the content of the first part of the course. This exam accounts for 30% of the final score.
//SECOND MIDTERM EXAM: it covers the content of the second part of the course. This exam accounts for 30% of the final score.
//ACTIVITY: Individual work. Individually, each student will develop a project from one of the presented topics in class. The project will be mentored from one of the lecturers of the course. The activity will be graded from a written/oral exam and/or from a written essay produced by the student. This part accounts for 30% of the final grade.
• The Individual Activity is mandatory. If the Activity is delivered after the deadline, a 0.8 penalty will be applied.
Repeat assessment
All students are eligible to assit to the retake assessment exam after renouncing their previous grade, if any. The grade awarded for the retake assessment exam replaces the previous one. The weights for the final grade for the retake assessment are the same as those for the final grade for regular assessment. If the essay is delivered after the deadline, a 0.8 penalty will be applied.
Students who opt for single assessment have to notify the course coordinator within the first two weeks of the course. After this period, all students must take the continuous assessment.
Students following single assessment must pass a final exam.