Lecture contents

- Number ranges incl. complex numbers
- Basics of mathematical functions, especially real functions
- Discussion of important elementary real functions, i.e., polynomials, rational functions, angle functions, exponential function, logarithm
- Limit of functions and continuity
- Differential calculus
- Applications of differential calculus - extreme values and Taylor polynomials
- Indefinite and definite integral
- Basics of differential equations

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Final exam, collaboration, term paper.

Teaching methods

Lecture, joint development of illustrative examples, discussion.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Basics of knowledge management
- Techniques, methods and tools of knowledge management
- Applied knowledge management in interdisciplinary projects

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Formative Assessment. Peer-feedback supported evaluation of the learning outcomes achieved in the online course (40% of the final grade) - Preparation and presentation of a collaborative interdisciplinary case study in the form of a seminar paper (60% of the final grade) - Multi-perspective assessment using 360-degree feedback (course leader, peers, self-assessment phases).

Teaching methods

Concept:
The course is structured according to the didactic concept of blended learning (obligatory online phase => work assignments before, during and after the classroom sessions in individual and/or group work). The tasks of the online phase follow a spiral curricular approach as well as problem-based principles.
Methods:
Online phase: self-directed learning - peer feedback - learning tandems - eLectures.
Presentations: Lecture, group puzzle as well as transfer methods such as Think/Pair/Share as well as presentations from the learning outcomes of the online phase.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Introduction to different types of aids
- Basics of communication
- Disabilities and solutions for their improvement- Sensory organs
- Motor functions
- Language and intellect
- Age-related changes

- Human-machine interfaces for disabled and elderly people
- Technical aids for everyday life

Assessment methods

Final exam
Final written examination

Teaching methods

Lecture

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Introduction: diversity, disability, accessibility, universal design, assistive technology.
- Relevant laws and guidelines: Human rights, BGstG, UN Convention on Human Rights; ÖNORM B1600, WCAG 2.1 with examples.
- Accessible environmental design: guidelines, examples
- Accessible internet/accessible documents: guidelines, tools, checktools, examples

Assessment methods

Final exam
Final written examination

Teaching methods

Lecture, practical exercises

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Introduction to the research field of Health Assisting Engineering
- Introduction to the concept of quality of life, as well as to possibilities of supporting quality of life by means of technical aids
- Current developments in the research field and in the environment of the study program Health Assisting Engineering
- Overview of the current state of R&D in the field of health technologies- Focus on assistive robotics, categories, areas of application, possible benefits, challenges in R&D
- Focus on wearable electronics for gait and movement analysis and for controlling physical activity levels; application areas, challenges and testing in practice;

- Current project and product examples

Assessment methods

Final exam
Final written examination

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Introduction to basic concepts of epidemiology
- Milestones of the historical development
- Prevention and health promotion
- Demography
- Epidemiological measures of disease incidence
- Descriptive epidemiology
- Analytical epidemiology
- Evidence of causal relationships, bias, confounders
- Experimental epidemiology
- Early detection screening

Assessment methods

Final exam

Teaching methods

Lecture

Language

German

Lecture contents

Classification and description possibilities of
- Functional impairment and functional capacity (e.g. WHO ICF)
- Medical diagnoses (e.g. WHO ICD)
- Medical and therapeutic interventions (e.g. WHO ICHI)
- Assistive devices (ISO 9999)
- Quality of life
- Care needs

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Immanent performance assessment through group work and presentations

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, case studies, discussions, final presentation

Language

German

Lecture contents

- General infectious diseases and epidemiology
- Special infectious diseases; microbiology & infectious diseases
- Hospital and extramural hygiene
- Disinfection and sterilization
- Care in infectious diseases
- Handling of materials for microbiological examinations
- Immunology
- Vaccination
- Environmental hygiene

Assessment methods

Final exam
written final examination

Teaching methods

Lecture

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Foundations and theories of occupation/occupation/participation, history of occupation-related models & theories, paradigm shifts, models and instruments for the analysis of occupational competence incl. model development
- Occupational science and research of agency in international comparison
- Development of people's ability to act in the individual phases of life

Assessment methods

Final exam

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, individual work, presentation, practical exercises (individual, small group, plenary)

Language

German

Lecture contents

Palpation of the superficial palpable anatomy of those structures that are important for the creation of EMG leads and marking of relevant landmarks for the observation of locomotion.

Assessment methods

Final exam
Practical examination

Teaching methods

Practical lessons, practicing palpation on fellow students

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Human physiology and biology.
- Morphology and functionality of the active and passive musculoskeletal system.
- Anatomy of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis, morphology and topology of the organs of the cardiovascular, respiratory, urogenital and digestive systems in overview.
- Overview of the arrangement and nomenclature of the sections of the central nervous system (CNS) and their function.
- Functional circuits (nervous system, vascular system, respiratory system, digestive system, endocrine system),
- Understanding of basic physiological mechanisms- Cell physiology, compartments, transport, resting membrane potential and action potential, sensors and synapses, sensitivity and pain, voluntary motor activity and balance, muscle physiology, connective tissue physiology, thermoregulation, autonomic nervous system, basics of hormonal information processing, energy balance

Assessment methods

Final exam
oral examination

Teaching methods

Lecture; Partial group discussion and one unit practical exercise

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Causes, pathophysiology and course of selected diseases and disabilities (e.g. neurology, psychiatry, pediatrics, internal medicine, and traumatology), which typically cause a restriction of the ability to act or move.
- Epidemiological and clinical disease concepts
- Effects of selected clinical pictures on the ability to act and on the participation of people in the individual phases of life, diseases in the context of ability to act/person/environment

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
written work
Participation in practical exercises and individual & group work

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, individual work, presentation, practical exercises (individual, small group, plenary) with the help of clinical case materials.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Basics of kinematics: nomenclature of orientation to the individual, as well as movements around axes and planes; position-related and action-related activity of the musculature, balance reactions, continuing movements, basics of movement analysis.
- Fundamentals of Biomechanics: Fundamentals of kinetics, dynamics and statics and their application in biomechanical motion analysis; elementary mechanical loading cases including their calculation, load-dependent behavior of biological tissues including injury patterns.
- Motor learning: Physiological and anatomical basics of movement execution and control; explanation of terms, learning phases and steps, factors influencing learning and evidence-based recommendations for motor learning.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Written seminar paper and written examination

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching with individual and group exercises, as well as a work assignment with feedback

Language

German

Lecture contents

The course offers an overview of the topics of computer science and explains the corresponding basic concepts. Specifically, the following topics are addressed:
- Information and information representation, structure and functioning of a computer, structured and object-oriented programming, algorithms, operating systems and databases.
- The main objective is to acquire an analytical way of thinking and the ability to structure problems and processes and to recognise their interrelationships.

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

The course consists of lecture parts with interactive examples in the group as well as group and project work.

Language

German

Lecture contents

Electronic components:
- Fundamentals (electric current, basic concepts, Ohm's law, circuits).
- Components (resistors, capacitive and inductive components)
- Semiconductors (basics and important components)
Digital technology:
- Number Systems
- Boolean algebra, applications of logical functions, building blocks, logical circuits with memory elements
- Switching units, control units, arithmetic units
Information representation in the computer

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Collaboration, ongoing exercises (also in distance learning) and final examination

Teaching methods

Lecture with exercises

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Technical communications, communication methods, communication patterns
- Basics of IT security and encryption
- Basic functioning of the Internet,
- Structure of packets, functions and services within the OSI layers (Ethernet, TCP, UDP)
- Network components and devices
- Network topologies
- Overview of communication in the field of smart home and Internet of Things.
Lab exercises on:
- Network simulation,
- network design and maintenance,
- Networks in the Smart-Home area
- IT security in networks

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Exercise hand-ins on an individual basis
Lab protocols as hand in
Final written examination

Teaching methods

Lecture and interactive discussion
Lab exercises
Home exercises

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Physical fundamentals of force, energy and power
- Different electromechanical sensor principles for measuring non-electrical quantities (pressure, temperature, etc.)
- Measures to compensate for disturbing influences such as non-linearities or temperature dependencies.
- Actuators: stepper motors, relays, DC motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, valves

Assessment methods

Final exam
Final written examination

Teaching methods

Lecture. Parts of the material are to be acquired by the students independently in the form of e-learning.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Assessment procedures and instruments in movement and action science
- Quality criteria of assessments and their calculation methods
- COSMIN checklist for the assessment of studies and reviews on quality criteria
- Possibilities of cross-cultural adaptation
- Discussion: Linking outcome parameters and ICF (function, activity, participation, environment).
- Reflection and exchange of the assessments used in practice and the outcome parameters collected.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Immanent performance review (description of an assessment by means of a given form and the COSMIN checklist; presentation and exchange in small groups)

Teaching methods

Lecture
Exchange in small groups
Presentations in small groups

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Introduction to Clinical Research
- Clinical Research Ethics
- Clinical Study Protocol (Study Objectives, Study Hypothesis, Structure/Content, Templates, Amendments, IRB/IEC Submission and Approval)
- Basics of Clinical Trial Design (Population, Intervention, Control, Outcome (PICO))
- Implementing PICO into the Study Protocol (Inc./Exc. Crit, Intervention, Types of Control Groups, Outcome parameters (prim./sec., hard/soft, clinical/surrogate, Time-to-Event Data) )
- Clinical Trial Statistics (Measures of Central Tendency/Spread, Risk/Risk Factor, RR, OR, Hazard Ratio, Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Interval + Interpretation, Sample Size Calculation)
- Clinical Study Designs I (Observational/interventional, prospective/retrospective, Legal Classification: drugs/devices, Hierarchy of Clinical Evidence, Problems: Bias, Confounding)
- Clinical Study Designs II (Observational Studies: Cross-Sectional, Case-Control, Cohort Study )
- Clinical Study Designs III (RCTS, Randomization, Blinding, RCT-Modifications (cross-over, add-on, group sequential design) )
- Missing Data & Drop-Outs (Problems, Causes of Missing Data, Dealing with Missing Data (LOCF, BOCF) )
- Critical Appraisal of Clinical Research Papers (Quality Assessment, STROBE/CONSORT Statement)
- Meta-Analysis (Efficacy/Effectiveness, weighted summary, Forest-, Funnel-, L'Abbe-plot, Mantel-Hanszel Procedure, PRISMA Statement)

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Lecture with exercises and group discussions

Language

German-English

Lecture contents

- Ethical aspects of technical action
- Ethical dilemmas
- Ethical questions regarding research on humans
- Legal framework, e.g. ethics committee
- International framework conditions, e.g. with regard to the publication of study results
- Model for the ethical evaluation of socio-technical arrangements (MEESTAR) Research ethics in connection with technical arrangements

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Collaboration, presentations

Teaching methods

Scenario Method
Lecture
Discussions
Group work

Language

English

Lecture contents

Excursions to companies/organisations from the fields of therapy, diagnostics and technology
Reflection on product developments and (research) projects in the subject area
Participation in a congress in the field and linking theory and practice

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Excursion to companies, research facilities, other institutions or congresses related to the field of Health Assisting Engineering.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Formulation of a research question (operationalisation, formulation of objectives)
- Selection of a master thesis topic
- Analysis of research methodological approaches (instruments)
- Guidelines of the course of studies on master thesis topics and the procedure of submission, processing, supervision and assessment
- Preparation of an exposé
- Discussion of the topics proposed by the students for their Master's theses

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Lecture, group discussions and individual consultation

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Motor control of human movement
- Processes controlling the preparation and regulation of movement
- Pathoanatomy of the musculoskeletal system
- Degrees of freedom problems and their theoretical solutions
- Principles of dynamic systems involved in movement coordination
- Movement constraints (active and passive)
- Factors influencing the processing of information and preparation for movement
- The role of sensory systems and vision in the perception and execution of a movement
- Rational considerations for scientific investigations, and the link between theory and experimentation

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Cooperation and presentation

Teaching methods

Group work in the sense of problem-oriented learning in interdisciplinary mixed groups.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Innovations- Definition, types, meaning, sources, obstacles
- The innovation management process (phases and tools)

- Creativity in idea generation and problem solving- Creative techniques: Methods and tools
- Importance of the team in creative processes
- Conjoint analysis
- design thinking
- Quality Function Deployment

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
70 % Group work
30 % Collaboration/ Individual work

Teaching methods

Lecture with activating methods and group exercises.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Practical realisation of a sub-area of an electronic device and/or overall device concept.
- Getting to know the procedure for creating/fixing and maintaining functional and device requirements,
- Consideration of the requirements regarding interference immunity, magnetic compatibility and electrostatic charging (EMC, ESD),
- Consideration of the special requirements for devices in the medical sector
- In small groups, device concepts are developed and also partially realized - thus the students are taught the structured procedure by means of a practical exercise.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
50% specifications
30% presentations
20% Completeness of 2-week reports

Teaching methods

Lecture and practical group work

Language

German

Lecture contents

Digital and analog inputs and outputs, ADC
Communication via bus systems (UART, SPI, I2C)
Interrupts and timers on the microcontroller
Memory systems on the microcontroller
Sensors and actuators for microcontrollers
Programming with Arduino and Processing
Creating software functions to read sensors and control actuators,
Using communication interfaces to exchange data with applications and apps.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Individual exercises,
group project,
Written final exam

Teaching methods

Lecture with accompanying exercises in distance learning and a project assignment

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Philosophy of science, research paradigms with regard to qualitative and quantitative research
- Qualitative and quantitative epistemology
- Developing a research question
- Differences and similarities of different qualitative methods
- Introduction to epistemology
- Qualitative data collection (interviews, focus groups, participant observation, etc.)
- Use of qualitative methods for eliciting needs, contexts of use and other framework conditions as well as for evaluation in the context of product development processes
- Qualitative data analysis methods
- Practical project with users for needs assessment

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Handing in the individual exercises
Participation in the interactive elements
Evaluation of the seminar paper

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture with exercises, seminar work as group project

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Descriptive statistics (concept of frequency, measures of location, measures of dispersion, graphical representation methods of discrete and continuous characteristics, properties of special distributions, in particular the normal distribution, (rank) correlation).
- Inductive statistics (parametric and non-parametric methods for independent and dependent samples, more complex variance-analytical methods such as two-factor analysis of variance or repeated measures on one factor (mixed anova))
- Multivariate methods (multiple regression analysis, logistic regression, reliability analysis)
- Use and practice of statistical and analysis software (SPSS)

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Work assignments (independent analyses with SPSS including interpretation of the results)

Teaching methods

Lecture, practical performance of analyses directly on the computer (with the help of SPSS), joint interpretation of the results. Special emphasis is placed on interactivity in class

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Introduction to the basic concepts and relevant methods for the development of customer requirements for a new product (i.e. a specification sheet as a problem description, including the essential performance data, the legal, market-determined and company-internal framework conditions as well as the price points to be aimed for).
- Its implementation in technical product specifications and in a requirement specification, which serves as a concrete guideline for the realization of the project even in a changing environment, will be elaborated.
Practical examples are used to develop the implementation of the specified requirements in system designs.

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Lecture

Language

German

Lecture contents

Overview
- Usability / user experience, user-centred design / co-design, differentiation and delimitation of concepts and terms
- Design of user interfaces and interactions with health technologies, interface design and principles of interaction design
- User interface patterns and standards
- Presentation and visualization of information
- Presentation and application of tools for designing mock-ups (wireframes, software mock-ups)
Planned program
- Topic introduction and conceptual basics- Why Humen Centred Design (HCD)
- Localization of the field
- Raising awareness
- Literature, Professional Organizations
- Conceptual delimitations, definitions, criteria, standards

- Basics of human-centered design and development- Phases of the HCD process
- Focus: "Design - Designing design solutions".
- Methods, role of UX in projects

- Design basics- Psychology of perception
- Paradigms, principles, patterns, standards

- Prototyping- Different approaches, types
- Tools

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Evaluation of individual and group submissions and final presentation

Teaching methods

- Interactive lecture with exercises on design tasks in individual and group settings.
- Slides on content topics
- Videos
- Examples from practice
- Small (interactive) exercises within the blocks
- Quiz game at the end of each block

Language

German

Lecture contents

Clarification of terms, development of a clinical question, scientific literature search in databases, critical reading and evaluation of scientific articles, basics of quantitative and qualitative research and clinical studies.

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, individual work, practical exercises

Language

German

Lecture contents

- History of Technology Assessment
- Goals and role of technology assessment
- Terminology of technology assessment
- Methods of technology assessment
- Presentation of case studies in the context of the use of health technologies
- Specific challenges and potentials of health technologies from the perspective of technology assessment

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, presentation, practical exercises (individual, small group, plenary).

Language

German

Lecture contents

Innovation management under consideration of technology management
Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship
Basics of product management, business model, product life cycle
Basics of Marketing
Health Economics
Basics of Business Plan

Assessment methods

Module exam

Teaching methods

Lecture
Discussion
Problem-based learning
Group work
Peer feedback

Language

German

Lecture contents

Realization of a health technology. In the form of group work, the students realise the product defined and analysed in a previous LVA (Conception of medical-technical devices, 2nd semester) as a prototype. The basic principles of project and product management are applied. The realization takes place mainly in the form of independent work via distance learning.

Assessment methods

Module exam

Teaching methods

Lecture, project work in groups

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Civil law regarding liability, product liability law
- Strategies for the protection of intellectual property
- ISO standards
- Labour law
- Medical Devices Act (MPG)
- Medical law, professional laws for health care professions

Assessment methods

Final exam

Teaching methods

Lecture and interactive discussion

Language

German

Lecture contents

Funding environments and applications
- National and EU-wide funding environments (tenders and public contracts)
- Procedure for the evaluation of tenders and public contracts
- Basics of the award procedure
- Legal framework
- Awarding and monitoring of funding
- Building blocks and success factors for writing applications
- Practical exercises for writing applications
Project management as a basis for planning and implementing the project applied for
- Project management basics: project concept / project types / PM tasks / project phases
- Project start phase: project environment analysis / project definition / project organisation
- Project planning: planning variables / work breakdown structure / scheduling / resource planning
- Project execution phase: project planning / change management and project controlling
- Project completion phase
- Outlook Advanced topics: Planning methods and planning tools

Assessment methods

Module exam

Teaching methods

Teamwork, impulse lectures, practical exercises, reflection and feedback rounds
PM part: Lecture / Powerpoint presentation / Flipchart / PM Tools

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Biomechanical movement analysis methods relevant in the clinical setting
- Measuring instruments for movement analysis, instruments for recording kinematic, kinetic and electromyographic parameters
- Instructions for carrying out measurements, as well as basic requirements for various measurement methods, working out questions, recording and evaluating data in the movement laboratory

Assessment methods

Final exam
Written examination

Teaching methods

Theoretical presentation of analysis methods, self-testing of individual measuring instruments and their application, practical evaluation of small projects.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Critical examination of current topics and journal publications
- Practical application of previously acquired knowledge of research methodology
- terms from research methodology
- Critical examination of conclusions and interpretations within publications
- Presentation and discussion of the results of a literature review

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Written work
Participation in practical exercises and individual & group work

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, presentation, practical exercises (individual, small group, plenary)

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Critical analysis of current research topics and journal publications
- Knowledge of the research process (quantitative & qualitative, mixed-method)
- Terms from research methodology (e.g. levels of abstraction, conceptualization and operationalization, levels and scales of measurement, ...)
- Ethical aspects of research projects
- Critical examination of conclusions and interpretations within publications
- Presentation and discussion of the results of a literature review

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Written work, participation in practical exercises and individual & group work

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, presentation, practical exercises (individual, small group, plenary)

Language

German

Lecture contents

Presentation and discussion of current technological trends in healthcare. Critical examination of current research topics and journal publications.
Big Data in healthcare and possible applications of artificial intelligence (for example Deep Learning, Machine Learning) in the field of healthcare technologies will be presented and discussed.
Telerehabilitation. Theoretical foundations of telerehabilitation, areas of use and application, target groups, societal benefits and goals of the use of telerehabilitation, current state of research and available evidence, state of the art, current systems in use in studies and in the product area.

Assessment methods

Module exam

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture with exercises on the specific focal points

Language

German

Lecture contents

Students can only complete this subject by completing a thematically suitable subject outside the programme curriculum and by having their knowledge recognised by the programme management, which creates the possibility of free subjects and makes the curriculum more flexible.
The contents are thus dependent on the chosen subject and the focus thus created.

Assessment methods

Final exam
depending on the chosen focus

Teaching methods

Depending on the selected focus setting.

Language

German-English

Lecture contents

Students can only complete this subject by completing a thematically suitable subject outside the programme curriculum and by having their knowledge recognised by the programme management, which creates the possibility of free subjects and makes the curriculum more flexible.
The contents are thus dependent on the chosen subject and the intended focus.

Assessment methods

Final exam
Depending on the selected focus setting.

Teaching methods

depending on the chosen focus

Language

German-English

Lecture contents

Students are given an insight into the basics of health systems and how these systems affect the provision of health and rehabilitation services (care models). Relevant parameters on the basis of which health systems can be compared are presented and analysed and compared for some countries as examples.
> International comparison of health care systems incl. quality indicators
International comparison with regard to financing systems and financial volume in the health and social sector
> Independent analysis of the health care systems of two different countries in comparison

Assessment methods

Final exam
Seminar paper

Teaching methods

Input presentation, individual work, discussion in the group

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Use of IT in the company with practical case studies
- Introduction to IT controlling concepts and their implementation with the help of strategic IT controlling tools such as IT balanced score card analyses, IT earned value analyses, life cycle related IT cost accounting.
- Furthermore, the different approaches for determining the costs of IT services are taught, such as target costing for IT products, activity-based costing for IT products, contribution margin accounting for IT services and products.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment

Teaching methods

Lecture with subject areas to be worked out by the students themselves in distance learning elements

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Structure of mobile apps on iOS and Android
- Introduction to Android Studio and Java Basics
- App development and deployment process
- Basic Building Blocks in Android:- Activities and Fragments
- Services
- Broadcast Receivers & Content Providers
- User Interface Components
- Intents and Intent Filters

- Basic UI Design and Layout Creation
- Android Manifest, Resources and Assets
- Navigation in Apps:- Activities
- Interaction with Intents
- Fragments and their interaction
- Menus and Tabs

- Management of User Preferences
- Google Fit
- Implementation of simple apps incl. testing and debugging: Static Info App, Fitness Data App

Assessment methods

Module exam

Teaching methods

Language

German

Lecture contents

> Basics of modeling
> Basics of simulation (with Matlab/Simulink)
Differential equations
The following focal points are worked out on the basis of concrete problems:
- Methodology and systematics of model determination and model handling
- Behaviour of technical systems (linear and non-linear)
- Evaluation of technical systems before the availability of a real prototype
- Proof of function with the help of simulations
> areas:
- Mechanics
- hydrodynamics
- thermodynamics
- Biomedicine (spread of diseases)
- Economics (tax reduction -> impact)
- Ecology (climate models,...)
Matlab/Simulink is used as simulation tool.

Assessment methods

Final exam
in writing

Teaching methods

Seminar, lecture, blackboard sketches and drawings, detailed exercise examples

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Foundations and theories of activity/occupation/participation
- Philosophy of Science
- Occupational Science and Research in Occupational Therapy
- The relationship between person(s)-environment(s)-occupation
- Conceptualization of Occupations
- Terminology
- Occupations and their relationship to Health & Well-Being
- Case studies, current research presentations

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Written work
Participation in practical exercises and individual & group work

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, individual work, presentation, practical exercises (individual, small group, plenary)

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Etiology and epidemiology of amputations and congenital malformations
- Influence of amputation or malformation on function, psychological and social well-being
- Care options after amputation of the upper extremity
- Treatment options after amputation of the lower extremity
- Therapeutic approaches in prosthetics
- Critical discussion of current topics in prosthetics (TMR, osseointegration, implanted technologies,...)
- Discussion of technologies for human-machine interfaces in an extended context (e.g. on the basis of exoskeletons)

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment

Teaching methods

Lecture with activating methods, practical testing, case studies

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Central concepts of consulting
- Counselling functions and roles
- Theories and models of counselling
- Selected counselling methods
- Counselling level I: Individual (communication, conflict, coaching)
- Consulting level II: Group (development phases, team processes, roles and positions, moderation)
- Consulting level III: Organization (organizational development and change management, organizational structures, organizational culture, organizational learning)
- Self-reflection as a basis for consulting activities (personality, career)

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
written examination (60%)
presentations (40%)

Teaching methods

- Lecture
- Group work
- case studies
- Simulation

Language

German

Lecture contents

Reflection on basic communication theories
(Schulz von Thun, Hall, Watzlawick, Rogers, Berne)
Cooperative communication
Conversation techniques and situations:
Informational or clarifying conversation
Helping conversation
Conflict talk
Critical discussion
Feedback talks
Presentation and lecture

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Attendance, participation, work assignments and feedback of the presentations

Teaching methods

Lecture, group work, role play with video analysis, presentation

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Current state of knowledge & research on e-counseling.
- Definition and scientific basis
- Electronic media (software variants) to support counselling communication, the counselling process, interventions, the transfer of information and knowledge, and the evaluation of counselling services.
- Methods of eCounseling and their applications
- Practical part - personal experience

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Immanent performance assessment consisting of the following four sub-performances:
1st test on block 1 "Benefits and challenges in health data exchange".
2nd test on block 2 "Use of e-counseling in different areas and regions".
3. test on block 3 "Technical and legal challenges of e-counseling and teletherapy".
4. submission of a group paper "Project documents for the planned financing of an e-counseling or teletherapy solution".

Teaching methods

Lecture, group discussion, teamwork, case studies

Language

German

Lecture contents

Independent preparation for the Master's examination, consisting of the examination parts:
- Presentation of the Master's thesis
- Justification of the thesis
- Examination discussion on cross connections of the topic of the Master's thesis to the relevant subjects of the curriculum
Examination discussion about other study-relevant contents

Assessment methods

Final exam
Commissioned Master's examination

Teaching methods

Independent work on the topic with individual feedback within the framework of the Master's thesis supervision.

Language

German

Lecture contents

Writing the Master's thesis

Assessment methods

Final exam
Master exam

Teaching methods

Independent work on the topic with individual feedback within the framework of the Master's thesis supervision.

Language

German

Lecture contents

- Presentation of individual sections or the status of the Master's thesis
- Data collection and analysis
- Advice on further work
- Critical discussion and reflection of one's own work and that of others as well as defence of one's own research approach
- Scientific theoretical approaches

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
Active participation in tasks

Teaching methods

Individual feedback, presentations, working on case studies, discussions in small groups and in plenary, reflection on own work

Language

German