Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Can explain how physiological subsystems can be represented mathematically by using bio-electrical, chemical and mechanical models
• Can explain examples of bio-electrical, chemical and mechanical models in relation to physiological subsystems and therapeutic interventions
• Can explain different methods for physiological modelling, including compartment and finite element models as well as their possibilities and limitations

Skills

• Can recognize and estimate parameters in physiological models
• Can implement, identify and validate physiological models
• Can identify physiological models using numerical methods
• Can identify physiological models using statistical methods
• Can recognize and discuss the complexity of a physiological model

Competences

• Can evaluate the quality of a physiological model

Type of instruction

• The module is taught, cf. §17 of the study programme

Exam

Exams