SPECIALIST DIPLOMA IN

1 REASONS TO STUDY THIS COURSE: Specialist Diploma in

• The medical devices sector MEDICAL DEVICE SCIENCE is flourishing, nationally and globally, and offers sustainable career opportunity and YOUR PART-TIME COURSE: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: advancement. This one-year, part-time specialist Applicants should have completed • Students will develop specialist diploma aims to develop specialist the Diploma in Science & Technology knowledge of the medical knowledge of the medical devices Studies or a related level 7 course. An devices sector and technical sector and to develop relevant technical International English Language Testing knowledge and skills in design, and soft skills. The qualification is a System (IELTS) or TOEFL certificate development and manufacture minor award at degree level. This is required if English is not your first of medical devices. course is of benefit to people language. who require upskilling for career • You will understand the science advancement within the medical and behind DELIVERY & ASSESSMENT: devices sector, or for those looking medical devices, and study for focused re-skilling with a view to a The course is delivered using a human anatomy, physiology career change. On completion of the blended learning approach with and states which can course, participants will have highly Saturday workshops (approximately be monitored or improved by marketable, up-to-date knowledge and 10 hours per module). The delivery medical devices. skills relevant to the medical devices model also includes self-directed learning elements. Innovative and • You will also appreciate best sector. Students practice, and are authentic assessment methods are practice, industry standards, assessed on, a range of technical and used throughout the course which policies and regulations within transferable skills relevant to meeting future skills needs in the workforce. will enable learners to demonstrate the medical device sector. capabilities and competencies as well as academic knowledge. YOUR MODULES: This Specialist Diploma consists of six COURSE FACTS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES inter-related taught modules, giving a & FURTHER STUDY: ECTS: 30 total of 30 ECTS. The taught modules are: Graduates of this course already NFQ Level: 8 - Human Anatomy & Physiology working in the industry will be well Duration: - & Device Design placed to move into management roles. Graduates from a science or 1 year, part-time - Mechanics of Solids engineering background can transfer Mode of study: - Medical Device Science. existing skills and develop specialist Blended Learning - Product & Process Development knowledge in order to move into the medical devices sector. Graduates can Fees: - Regulatory Compliance opt to progress to the BSc in Science & EU: €1,960 Non-EU: €2,460 Technology Studies (NFQ level 8) with Start date: September credit for their studies.

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2 MODULES and vascular medical devices. Learners examine the effects of mechanical loading (static, fatigue, wear) HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY and environment on medical devices. This module introduces the student to the structure of a body system and then discusses its function BIOCOMPATIBILITY & DEVICE DESIGN or operation. This module will give the student This module offers a comprehensive review of an understanding of the human body, focusing all the major . It provides a general in particular on its form (Anatomy) and function introduction to the different classes of materials (Physiology). Anatomy is the science of body structures that are used in biomedical applications. It identifies and their relationship to each other. Physiology is ideal biomaterials for different applications, and the study of the function of each of these anatomical characterises biomaterials in terms of their structures, in essence how each body part works. This structural, physical and biological attributes. module integrates the anatomy and physiology of cells, tissues, organs, the systems of the human body and the mechanisms of homeostasis. The human body is PRODUCT & PROCESS DEVELOPMENT examined on many levels (molecular, cellular, tissue, The aim of this module is to give students a broad organ, system and organism). overview of some of the methods and techniques that are used to develop new products. In addition, MECHANICS OF SOLIDS it will assist in developing a number of Professional Transferable Skills (PTS), such as critical thinking, This module in Mechanics of Solids gives the students problem solving, and written communication. the opportunity to learn a basic engineering subject and, at the same time, develop their analytical and problem-solving abilities. Considerable emphasis is REGULATORY COMPLIANCE placed on how to analyse the behaviour of mechanical This module presents an overview of the regulations and structural systems under external loading. Most of governing the development, manufacture and the examples and problems require the students to do marketing of and medical devices, inclusive of some original, critical thinking. in vitro diagnostic devices. It provides an overview appreciation of the regulatory framework pertaining MEDICAL DEVICE SCIENCE to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The module will equip participants with the concepts In this module learners will evaluate the practical necessary to enable them work effectively with application of materials, mechanics and stress analysis personnel, and will act as a reference theory in the design of medical devices. The module guide to help participants identify and source specific addresses the clinical need, function and design regulations. requirements of the most widely used orthopaedic

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