Foundations in Rehabilitation Science and Technology

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Introduction to the subject matter, what the course is about: This interdisciplinary graduate course introduces students to cutting edge innovations in information communication, assistive, and rehabilitative technologies that have wide-ranging implications to promote health, rehabilitation, and community living of individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions. How the course fits in the college or department curriculum: The course offers core content knowledge to students entering the Rehabilitation Science and Technology Option in the second year of the CHHS PhD Program. The content is highly anticipated to be of interest and value to Masters students across health science programs in CHHS as well as engineering and computer science students in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at UNH. Therefore, graduate students in Masters programs within both colleges will also be invited to the course to assure adequate enrollment. Why students would want to learn the material: Rapidly advancing technologies in Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, home monitoring, wearables and immersive devices are projected to shift the delivery of future healthcare and rehabilitation. The course brings students to the forefront of rehabilitation science and health technology innovations and inspires them to carveout a career path towards the design, development, testing and implementation of these technologies using an end-user and stakeholder-driven perspective. Specifically, the course lends the foundation for students in the CHHS PhD program and stimulates dedicated interest in a technology domain to drive their scholarly pursuit towards their dissertation.