Rehabilitation Engineering module (BE42003)

Imagine innovating life-changing technologies that improve people's lives. From biomedical sensors to brain-machine interfaces, this elective module is your gateway into the fascinating world of rehabilitation engineering.

During this course, you will explore real-world biomedical engineering scenarios that will empower you to address the needs of individuals with injuries and diseases. This will give you a detailed understanding of:

• user-centred assistive medical technologies
• brain-machine interfaces
• orthotics and prosthetics
• the development of assistive technologies

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• learn how to measure different electrophysiological signals from the human body (for example, the heart, the brain, the eyes, and the muscles)
• gain soft and hard skills in the development of assistive medical technology for rehabilitation using a range of hardware and software (for example, Biopac, Delsys Research +, Matlab, VICON, LabView, and other NI software)
• understand how the body works under normal and abnormal circumstances, simulating injury, or disease scenarios
• learn, through case studies, to design, test, refine, and ultimately innovate a functioning prototype of an assistive medical technology
• access state-of-the-art laboratories at the Centre for Medical Engineering Technology and the Orthopaedic Research Centre in Ninewells Hospital

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• describe how the human body works during health, disease, or injury
• demonstrate how you can record, analyse and process different electrophysiological signals to answer clinical questions
• identify the need for assistive medical technologies based on user needs

Assignments / assessment

• 4 Workshop reports (60%)
  1. Electrocardiography
  2. Electromyography
  3. Evoked Potentials
  4. Clinical Gait Analysis
• Wiki posts on My Dundee to consolidate learning (10%)
• Final presentation and demonstration of the developed assistive medical technology (30%)

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

• Workshops
  • these allow you to work in a group and understand new rehabilitation technologies
• Seminars
  • a new topic will be presented each week

Learning materials will be provided through videos, review notes, and workshop guidelines