SP.718 Special Topics at Edgerton Center: D-Lab Health: Medical Technologies for the Developing World, Spring 2009
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Gomez-Marquez, Jose
Srivastava, Amit
Bardsley, Ryan Scott
Tracey, Brian
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Special Topics at Edgerton Center: D-Lab Health: Medical Technologies for the Developing World
Date Issued
June 2009
Abstract
D-Lab Health provides multi-disciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major project based on fieldwork. We will explore the current state of global health challenges and learn how design medical technologies that address those problems. Students may travel to Nicaragua during spring break and work with health professionals, using medical technology design kits to gain field experience for their device challenge. As a final class deliverable, you will create a product design solution to address the challenges observed in the field. The resulting designs are prototyped in the summer for continued evaluation and testing.
Subjects
global health
medicine
developing nation
third world
disease
disease prevention
vaccine
immunization
drug
health diagnostic
medical informatics
appropriate technology
sustainable development
co-creation
inequality
poverty
poor
medical device
medical device design
innovation
prototyping
medical ethics
infant mortality
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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