HU Credits: 8

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Bio-Engineering

Semester: Yearly

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Amnon Buxboim

Coordinator Email: amnon.buxboim@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Staff:
Prof Amnon Buxboim,
Prof Dan Galai,
Dr. Elchanan Fried,
Prof Mintz Yoav,
Mr. Or Hazan,
Prof Yaakov Nahmias

Course/Module description:
Biodesign innovation is a “real world” course in creating successful medical devices. Teams of students from medical, engineering, business, and law disciplines will conceive and design an innovative medical device taking it through all steps of development.

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The course provides a unique opportunity to gain real world experience while still in an academic environment.

Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Combined oral lectures, practical assignments and group discussion

Course/Module Content:
The autumn semester (A) is focused on identifying clinical needs, brainstorming and concept creation, while the spring semester (B) is focused on concept development, and business implementation.

Required Reading:
To be provided

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 70 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 30 %

Additional information: