Systems Approaches To Health Care Engineering

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Students develop an understanding of the fundamentals of systems engineering tools and approaches through hands-on problem-solving exercises. They apply systems engineering tools and methods to a clinical problem requiring a systems approach. Students will use system engineering tools and approaches such as process mapping, bottle-neck analysis, queuing, lean engineering, simulation, optimization, dealing with uncertainty, what-if analysis, quality assurance and performance monitoring techniques. Permission of department required. Course Learning Outcomes 1. Examine the applicability of systems engineering within a healthcare setting. 2. Compare and contrast systems engineering tools and approaches. 3. Analyze clinical problems where systems engineering can be employed. 4. Propose a solution to a clinical problem based on an in-depth analysis using systems engineering tools. View Class Schedule