Analysis and Evaluation of Biomedical Technologies

Research Group for Medicine and Neurosciences, FSP BIOGUM

The book contains a more detailed extended version of a lecture held by the Bioinformatics programme at the University of Hamburg, titled “Evaluation of Modern Biotechnology and Bioinformatics”. The following lecture topics will be included:

The volume serves two equally important purposes. It provides an introductory level understanding of the presented topics while including a more in-depth analysis of the topics covered in the lecture as a preparation for the exam. Each central question is therefore presented in detail, supplementary materials are made available and further literature is recommended.

• Technology and Society. The Basics.
• Aims and Purposes, Methods and Concepts of TA
• The Evaluation of Medical Techniques: Health Technology Assessment
• Case Study: Predictive Genetic Testing and Screenings
• Case Study: Bio- und Gene Databases
• Case Study: Implications of Pharmacogenetics
• The Management of Biotechnology
• Innovations: Processes of Setting Standards

Feuerstein, G. (2007). Folgenspektrum und Bewertung biomedizinischer Techniken. Einführende Vorlesungen.Berlin. wvb, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag.