Overview of new and emerging health technologies, including medical and assistive devices, diagnostics and screening, genetics, reproduction, tissue regeneration, imaging, and health informatics. Health technology assessment methods and issues. Regulatory, ethical and social implications; considerations in the developing world. Prerequisite(s): HLTH 1000 or HLTH 1001 and third-year standing or higher, or permission of the department. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as HLTH 5350, for which additional credit is precluded. Lecture and seminar three hours a week.
Overview of new and emerging health technologies, including medical and assistive devices, diagnostics and screening, genetics, reproduction, tissue regeneration, imaging, and health informatics. Health technology assessment methods and issues. Regulatory, ethical and social implications; considerations in the developing world. Prerequisite(s): HLTH 1000 or HLTH 1001 and third-year standing or higher, or permission of the department. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as HLTH 5350, for which additional credit is precluded. Lecture and seminar three hours a week.
