376-0003-00L Introduction to Health Sciences and Technology I
Semester | Autumn Semester 2016 |
Lecturers | R. Müller |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | German |
Abstract | Overview on various aspects of health and disease (health models, classification of diseases, prevention and rehabilitation, therapy, epidemiology); introduction to technical aspects (diagnostics, measurement technique); fundamentals of scientific working (ethics, literature search, study design, data collection, data analysis and data presentation). |
Objective | Students should know the terms, models and classification systems used in health and disease; in addition, they should understand the methods of scientific working. |
Content | - Health: biomedical model and classification of diseases, salutogenesis and ICF, prevention and rehabilitation, therapy, epidemiology. - Technology: diagnostics, measurement technology, automatic control engineering. - Science: ethics, literature search, study design, tests, data analysis, data presentation |