Overview

Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of a range of medical technologies and their applications by studying the principles of measurement science, data acquisition and analysis for the biomedical sciences

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe the components and operating principles of medical technologies
  • Describe current and emerging technologies related to medical monitoring and treatment
  • Apply scientific and quantitative approaches to biomedical measurement and data acquisition
  • Acquire and analyse physiological signals using biomedical instrumentation
  • Critically evaluate a medical technology and its applications
  • Program Labview software for computer based data acquisition and display

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		3.00 12 weeks 36
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial Labs		2.00 6 weeks 12
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various		5.00 6 weeks 30
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		6.00 12 weeks 72
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 20% 1,2,3,5 
ExaminationIndividual 50% 1,2,3 
Laboratory LogIndividual 30% 1,3,4,6 

Content

  • Fundamentals physical sciences for physiological measurement
  • Fundamentals of biomedical instrumentation
  • Medical Technologies
  • Electronic circuits
  • Analogue and digital signals
  • Introduction to Labview software
  • Telemedicine and remote monitoring
  • Digital health and the future

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.