This document provides information on the Healthcare Technology Management Programme offered at UCT, including a list of courses offered, course descriptions, and contact details. The programme consists of 8 required courses that cover topics such as healthcare technology assessment, planning and acquisition, project management, clinical engineering, medical devices, and health informatics. An applied research project is also required. Course assessments typically include tests, assignments, and examinations. Fees are provided for South African and international students. For more information, contact the listed programme convenor or assistant.

1. HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
COURSES OFFERED
HUB4027H
HUB4028H
HUB4030H
HUB4033H
HUB4065H
HUB4066H
HUB4068H
HUB4069H
HUB4070H
HUB4073W
HUB4074W
Healthcare Technology Assessment
Healthcare Technology Planning and Acquisition
Project Management
Clinical Engineering Practice
Medical Device and Instrumentation Overview
Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Asset Management of Healthcare Technology and Infrastructure
Health Facility Design, Planning & Assessment
Hospital Engineering Practice
Health Informatics, e-Health and Management Information Systems
Airborne Infection Control – A Systems Approach
HUB4032H
Project in Healthcare Technology Management
COURSE CONTENTS
[ Assessment for each course is typically weighted as follows: Class Test (10%), Assignment (30%),
Written Examination (60%) ]
HUB4027H
Healthcare Technology Assessment
This course provides an introduction to formal concepts and methodologies used in support of
health care technology screening and adoption as part of cost-effective healthcare delivery.
Topics include: macro- and micro assessment; assessment criteria, methods and processes; health
status, health outcomes and impact analysis; cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) methods and
thresholds; priority setting for technology adoption; linking HTA to clinical and institutional practice;
public health policy decisions on health care technology innovations; special needs and challenges
of resource-scarce settings; limitations associated with HTA studies and evidence; concepts in
assessment of diagnostic technologies; impact of HTA on innovation; programme costs in the
economic evaluation of health care technologies; case studies.
HUB4028H
Healthcare Technology Planning and Acquisition
This course addresses the issues that health care providers and organisations face in optimising the
planning and acquisition of healthcare technologies, in alignment with strategic and operational
needs. Topics include: technology life-cycles; technology innovation and application cycles;
technology transfer; strategic planning; health care technology policy frameworks; health service
packages; essential equipment lists; cost of ownership; technology evaluation and options appraisal;
tendering and procurement process; donations guidelines; standardisation; information resources.
HUB4030H
Project Management
This course underlines the importance of the project management approach in the health care
delivery environment. Topics include stakeholder and feasibility analysis, project/scope definition,
activity scheduling (network diagrams, critical path analysis, Gantt charts), resource planning,
procurement scheduling, cost estimation/budgeting, project control, risk management, quality
management, project teams, project leadership, conflict management, project accounts, project
evaluation and reporting.
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2. HUB4033H
Clinical Engineering Practice
This course covers the essentials of good-practice medical device management and maintenance
as part of cost-effective and sustainable healthcare delivery.
Topics include history and
development of clinical engineering; clinical engineering (CE) practitioner profiles and related
professional development, including certification and registration; organisation of technical services;
planning and resourcing of CE services and departments; service outsourcing and associated
management; CE service performance and cost indicators; risk management; safety (with a focus
on electrical safety); regulation of medical devices; standards; quality assurance and accreditation.
HUB 4065H
Medical Device and Instrumentation Overview
This course provides an introduction to the universe of medical devices. Topics include: medical
device nomenclature and classification; design factors and generic models for medical
instrumentation; generalised specifications; functional requirements and operational characteristics
of commonly encountered diagnostic, monitoring and therapeutic medical devices.
HUB4066H
Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This course provides a foundation course for those interested in developing medical devices and
associated technologies. Topics include: innovation models, risks, costs and rewards; product
development and new product management; product failure; introduction to medical devices and
their classification and nomenclature; healthcare needs assessment; new medical devices and
healthcare delivery - industry, government, hospital and user perspectives; medical device
innovation, including funding and IP issues and design guidance for manufacturers; medical device
regulation, including harmonisation; essential principles of safety and performance of medical
devices; Council Directive 93/42/EC on Medical Devices; ISO13485 and ISO14971 standards; FDA’s
510(k) review procedure for medical devices; product liability and non-conformance; reliability and
the product development process; biotechnology innovation; engineering entrepreneurship.
HUB4068H
Asset Management of Healthcare Technology and Infrastructure
Asset management is the ‘process of guiding the acquisition, use, safeguarding and disposal of
assets to make the most of their service delivery potential and manage the related risks and costs
over their entire life-cycle’ (SA National Treasury). Health care providers and organisations require a
systematic and coordinated set of activities and practices to optimally manage their physical assets
– including medical devices, information systems and buildings – for effective health service delivery.
Course content includes: the strategic imperative- stewardship and ownership issues; needs based
planning and procurement; life-cycle costing and cost of ownership; strategic, operational and
replacement planning; integrated resource management; maintenance and user support as part of
asset management; asset classification and nomenclature systems; performance, risk and
expenditure-related indicators and related benchmarking; and audits and assessment
methodologies.
HUB4069H
Health Facility Design, Planning and Assessment
The aim of the course is to provide relevant skills to ensure a quality estate by developing expertise in
strategic healthcare service and estate planning, with a focus on sound business approaches to
health service delivery, sustainable estate development, project briefing tools, project leadership,
evidence-based inclusive design and the healing environment. The course covers assessment
methodologies for the performance of a health facility over its life-cycle for the purpose of achieving
its strategic purpose. Complementary topics include: current and future trends in hospital design;
operational and replacement planning of health facilities; legislative requirements impacting on
health facilities as state assets; alignment of the infrastructure delivery cycle with the budget cycle;
overview of health facilities status quo in South Africa; facility post-occupancy assessment and
maintenance; project implementation guidelines; health facility audits; case studies.
HUB4070H
Hospital Engineering Practice
The course covers the engineering and technical areas associated with the operation of health
facilities. Topics include: occupational safety legislation and its implications for health facilities;
hazards in the hospital environment; overview of occupational health and safety management;
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3. legal compliance and general engineering strategies; air flow- and quality guidelines and standards;
air conditioning and air distribution systems; steam generation and distribution; hot water reticulation;
water storage and distribution; best practice for medical gas installations - design and operation;
electrical reticulation and installations for modern hospitals; operations management and related
information systems and indicators; case studies.
HUB4073W
Health Informatics, e-Health and Management Information Systems
This course serves as an introduction to the use of information systems in health care. Topics include
introduction to health informatics; patient records (paper-based and electronic); PHC-, district- and
hospital information systems and their assessment; e-health, including m-health and telemedicine;
management information systems, including the role of information in decision-making; decision
analytic techniques and decision-support tools such as modelling and simulation.
HUB4074W
Airborne Infection Control – A Systems Approach
This course covers engineering, facility design and environmental health interventions in the control
of human airborne infections such as tuberculosis (including drug resistant strains), pandemic
influenza, SARS, etc. Course content includes: overview of occupational health and safety
management; hazards in the hospital environment; principles of infection control; airborne
infections: current and emerging control strategies applicable to preventing transmission in
workplaces and congregate living settings; natural and mechanical ventilation; UVGI (Ultra-Violet
Germicidal Irradiation) systems and fixtures; air distribution designs for surgical and other patient
spaces, including design of isolation rooms; risk assessment methods, management tools and special
considerations for MDR- and XDR-TB facilities.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Technology Management (Programme Code
MG010) requires the completion of eight (8) courses from the above-mentioned plus the
completion of an applied research project:
HUB4032H PROJECT IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
The applied research project aims to consolidate the candidate’s understanding of the course
material through application in a target environment. Topic and brief to be determined in
consultation with the programme convenor.
Assessment: Assessment of interim report and mini-dissertation (with oral examination if necessary).
COURSE TUITION FEES (NB: fees shown are those for 2013 as received from Fees Office 13 Dec 2012)
HUB4073W Health Informatics, e‐Health & Management Information Systems [15 NQF credits] R 3,970.
HUB4074W: Airborne Infection Control: A Systems Approach [ ditto ]
R 3,970.
HUBNNNNH All other courses [13 NQF credits each], per course
R 3,510.
HUB4032H Project in Healthcare Technology Management [14 NQF credits]
R 3,630.
Fees (initial part‐payment) are payable in advance – due date 1 February 2013. Balance of fees due by 30 June 2013.
(NB: Students from outside the SADC region are liable for an international student premium).
For further information please contact:
MLADEN POLUTA (HTM Programme Convenor)
Tel: 021 406 6545 Cell/Mobile: 082 353 8614
E-mail address: mladen.poluta@.uct.ac.za
OR
Mrs Cathy Hole (HTM Programme Assistant)
Tel: 021 406 6544 Fax: 021 448 7226
E-mail address: catherine.hole@uct.ac.za
www.htm.uct.ac.za
© HTM@UCT – Dec 2012
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