MDDABS - Medical Device Development and Application

Bachelor of Science

College of Medicine - Tucson

Undergraduate

The Bachelor of Science in Medical Device Development and Application is a four-year degree program designed and delivered as a collaboration between clinicians, basic scientists, engineering, business and law, with focus on learning about the medical field devices and technology that would offer students multiple avenues upon graduation. The program would allow students to learn the basics in the medical health field while expanding into areas of interest that would include the business of medical devices, creating/engineering of devices as well as the legal/regulatory components of medical devices. The program juxtaposes applied topics such as what it is to be an individual that helps develop medical devices, or goes into the sales or use of devices, works in the regulatory fields of medical devices and/or goes onto professional degree programs that allows one to utilize such devices in their health care filed. The rapidly growing field of medical devices and the MDDA BS program would allow for hands-on experience through simulation in addition to information delivered in the classroom setting.

- Students can recognize and articulate knowledge of the structure and function of the human body in health and disease including use of appropriate medical terminology and apply this knowledge to evaluation of disease therapies.
- Students can apply core principles of organizational behavior, fundamental accounting, economics, effective management, regulation and ethics in the workplace, and human relations to make informed decisions about managing people, finances, and ethical challenges in the workplace.
- Students can apply their knowledge of emerging medical technologies and the development and validation process of new medical technology to evaluate the risks and rewards related to health science.