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Prototypes, Field & Clinical Trials (BTCH90011)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2024
Overview
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Biotechnology enterprises are reliant on new product introduction to maintain competitiveness. New product introduction involves prototyping and/or clinical trials. This subject will enable students to establish capability in the management of testing new products, prototyping, and field and clinical trials. The subject will cover a range of topics including design briefs; target product profiles; prototype development and testing; good regulatory practices and optimally efficient approaches to ensure product under development meets customer needs. The options for the assessment-based learning include three different specialist areas of biotechnology – therapeutics, medical devices and food & agriculture. Students will receive expert support in these areas to engage in active learning in completing the assessment tasks.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Develop a design brief or target product profile (TPP) for a product to meet a customer need;
- Develop programs for prototype development which assess and meet customer/market satisfaction;
- Employ good regulatory practices and optimally efficient approaches in prototyping programs;
- Finalise design of product based on prototyping.
Generic skills
Graduates on successful completion of this subject will demonstrate:
- ability to demonstrate advanced independent critical enquiry;
- a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship;
- in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s);
- a high level of achievement in writing, project activities, problem-solving and communication;
- ability to critically examine issues, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines;
- critical and creative thought, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning.
Last updated: 31 January 2024