Executive Director: Jeffrey Starke, Ph.D.
Master's Across Boundaries Certificates Programs webpage
DEGREE OFFERED
Certificate
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Identify new design opportunities, improve medical devices, or create new approaches to solve problems often encountered by clinicians and medical professionals in medical device product development with the clinical immersion in medical device design graduate certificate offered by Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Students master the etiquette and skills of successful clinical immersion and develop observational research techniques that will uncover new medical device design opportunities.
Students complete courses online and have hands-on practical experiences in clinical simulation centers and in-person immersive clinical environments. These experiences provide engineers a unique opportunity to observe clinical procedures, facilitate clinician-designer interactions, and gain a first-hand account of how the medical devices are meeting the needs of current users. Students identify future unmet needs and opportunities for improved design practices, leading to safer and more successful medical devices.
The certificate utilizes the unique aspects of the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, blending faculty expertise and the clinical setting.
Clinical Immersion in Medical Device Design Certificate
Faculty Sponsor: Said Audi, Ph.D.
The joint MU-MCW Biomedical Engineering Department and the OPUS College of Engineering (Master's Across Boundaries program) offers the graduate certificate in clinical immersion in medical device design (CIMD) with a focus on the immersive experience. This 12-credit certificate is intended to provide engineers a unique opportunity to observe clinical procedures to gain a first-hand account of how medical devices are meeting the needs of current users and identify future unmet needs or opportunities for improved design practices. Designed to expand an engineer’s expertise to address a wider range of skills to solve engineering problems associated with medical device product development and project completion, the certificate focuses upon the relationship of the engineer (main certificate principles) with (1) intended users, (2) intended applications, and (3) use environment.
Students must take 6 credit hours of required courses and 6 credit hours of electives. The first required course is designed to establish the foundational knowledge that will enhance the immersive experience. The other required course is the actual clinical immersion experience and reflection. The remaining credits come from a wide range of elective courses.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| BIEN 6301 | Clinical Need Finding | 3 |
| BIEN 6302 | Clinical Observation | 3 |
| 1 | 6 |
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| Embedded Biomedical Instrumentation | |
| Biomedical Instrumentation Design | |
| Biomaterials Science and Engineering | |
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| Systems Physiology | |
| Cardiopulmonary Mechanics | |
| Biomedical Engineering Analysis of Trauma | |
| Human Factors Engineering | |
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| Systems Engineering Principles and Practice | |
| Engineering Risk Analysis | |
| Health Care Technology Assessment | |
| Ethics of Technology Utilization | |
| The Environment of Health Care Delivery | |
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| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
