BME1580H Application of digital technologies for chronic cardio-respiratory conditions

Streams

Clinical Engineering

Sessions

Fall

Description

Cardio-respiratory disorders are among the most common chronic disorders and causes of hospitalization in adults, especially older adults. This course will describe the application of digital technologies to improve access to care and management of chronic cardio-respiratory disorders. It will help students to get a deeper understanding of several conditions, including sleep problems, heart disease, lung disease, and opioid’s effect on respiratory control. For each condition, this course includes physiological and clinical descriptions of the condition and the recent advances in digital technologies to manage these disorders such as diagnosis and treatment options. This course also includes the basics of user-centered design and health equity as the foundation of developing technologies to improve access to care.

Prerequisites

Students are not required to have any background in physiology or anatomy. However, knowledge of statistics (e.g., ECE302, STA237), signal processing (e.g., ECE431), image processing (e.g., BME595, ECE1512) and control systems (e.g., BME344) are helpful.

Components

Lecture

Restrictions

None