ES97F Health Technology Engineering 2017
Module Assessment 2016/17
This module is 100% assessed via coursework and group project (i.e. no final examination).
The Coursework (40%) consists in writing an individual assay and a power point presentation on a medical device chosen by the Student in agreement with the module leader. Here the instructions for each component of the coursework:
The Group Project (60%) consists in a systematic literature on a topic chosen by the module leader. The marking of this group project has been conceived in order to give to the Students a exemplar of a journal paper submission process. Therefore, this group project consist of three phases:
- Interim Report submission (deadline Week 23)
briefing - Oral Presentation (deadline Week 24) briefing
- Final Report submission (deadline Week 30) briefing
Module Programme and Lectures (2016/17)
Lecture 1 (10.01.2011, 2 hours): intro to the module, MD and BME trends
In this lecture, after giving an overview of the module, Medical Devices and Biomedical Engineering international trends were presented.
- Introduction to the module. Reading material: ppt
- Medical Devices and Biomedical Engineering international trends: ppt
Lecture 2 (17.01.2017, 2 hour): HTA
Fundamental concepts of health economy and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) were presented and discussed. Reflections on the 'Healthcare Market’ were presented and analyzed critically with the students.
- Introduction to Healthcare Market and to Health Technology Assessment. Reading material: ppt, Market, HTA
Lecture 3 (19.01.2017, 1 hour): HTA lab
Lab 1 HTA: 4 guided exercises were presented. Students had the time to solve those exercises and then discuss the solution with the module leader.
- HTA exercises: slides ppt, paper (Mark 1994)
- Deepening on Cost-Effectiveness thresholds (WHO Bulletin 2015; 93): Marseille 2015
Lecture 4 (24.01.2017, 2 hours): Meta-Analysis
In this lecture, the theoretical concepts of meta-analyses have been introduced.
- Meta-analysis: ppt, book (the library is full of books on meta-analysis, many also eBook).
Lecture 5 (26.01.2017, 2 hours): Pacemakers
In this lecture, a medical device was introduced as exemplar for the individual assay (see coursework). Pacemakers where chosen as exemplar of significant BME contribution in Medicine. The lecture covered theoretical and practical aspects on pacemaker design, implants and follow-up.
Lecture 6 (31.01.2017, 2 hours of which 1 via eLearning): Meta-Analysis lab 1
Lab 2 Metanalysis: introduction to free software for metanalysis, which can be installed on Windows and Mac:
- Software Tool (OpenMeta-analist): refer to my email of the 25.01.2017
- Online videos on the software: Link
- Deepening on Evidence in Medicin: eLearning object (Prof S. Stranges) version1, version2
- Deepening on Metanalysis: eLearning object (Dr L Pecchia) version1, version2
Lecture 7 (02.02.2017, 1 hour): Meta-Analysis lab 2
Lab 3 Metanalysis: practicals exercise were performed using free software, which can be installed on Windows and Mac:
Lecture 8 (07.02.2017, 2 hours) [Seminar]: HTA and early HTA
Seminar Stefania Manetti, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. After introducing the main principles of the cost-effectiveness approach consistent with the mainstream Health Technology Assessment (HTA) framework, this talk explored the early HTA state of art and whether it could support the development process and provide a more solid foundation for the next phase of the reimbursement strategy.
- LectureCapture: link
Lecture 9 (14.02.2017, 2 hours): early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA).
This lecture will start a series of lectures on early stage Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Early HTA refers to a methodological approach that applied reverse engineering to standard methods of HTA in order to inform the design, research and development of innovative health technologies. This allows maximising the impact of innovative healthcare technologies by considering from the very early stage HTA constrains that, if not properly considered, may limit the diffusion of the healthcare innovation.
Lecture 10 (16.02.2017, 1 hour): lab on eHTA
Lab 4 eHTA: this lab will consist in using a web tool to perform eHTA assessment via few states Markov Models.
- eHTA via Markov Models: Link (First IFMBE Summer School on HTA, 10.09.2015, Dr M. Craven)
- (optional) eHTA via Decision Trees: Link (First IFMBE Summer School on HTA, 9.09.2015, Dr M. Craven)
- Lab briefing: without solutions, with solutions (To be released next Tuesday)
Lecture 11 (21.02.2017, 2 hour): Seminar on Strategic Management (Sebastiano Massaro) and guided lab on systematic litterature search.
Lab 4 systematic litterature search: the lecture covers the following topics: evidence sources (scientific conferences/journal, peer review principles), scientific literature repositories (ISI, SCOPUS, PUBMED), systematic electronic search. In order to prepare the lab, few eLearning contents have been prepared and collected here for students’ reference:
- PubMed: MeSH terms (video), Advanced Search (video), other tutorials
- Additional deepening on Meta-analysis:
- Intro to the meta-analysis (part 1) (First IFMBE Summer School on HTA, 8.09.2015, Dr L. Pecchia)
- Lab on Meta-analysis (Part 2) (First IFMBE Summer School on HTA, 8.09.2015, Dr P. Melillo)
Lecture 12 (23.02.2017, 1 hour): Safety and Ergonomy.
Lecture 13 (28.02.2017, 1 hour): Healthcare Technology Management (HTM)
These lectures introduces the main concepts of the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and how to organize a HTM service.
- Lecture: slides, handhouts
- WHO Guide 1: How to Organize a System of Healthcare Technology Management, link
Lecture 14 (02.03.2017, 2 hours): electrical safety of medical devices.
This lecture will introduce the main topics regarding the electrical safety of medical devices.
Lecture 15 (07.03.2017, 2 hours): Student project presentations.
Lecture 16 (09.03.2017, 2 hours): Group project discussion.
Lecture 17 (14.03.2017, 2 hours): Group project presentation and discussion.