BME 342Health Care Operations and Practice - Observations
- Units
- 0.25
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Biomedical Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Through site visits and shadowing experiences, students are immersed in various settings in the health care environment. In this course, students will examine health care and rehabilitation operations through the lens of human factors and engineering design and identify potential workflow challenges, protocol gaps, and device usability, while considering regulatory, business, and ethical constraints.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
- BME341 - Health Care Operations and Practice - Health Systems (0.25)
- Students must be in level 3A
- Enrolled in H-Biomedical Engineering
- Must have completed the following:
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026
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- Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
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Calendar versions
Undergraduate Calendar
- 2026–27 (shown here)
- 2019–20 and earlier on ucalendar