GEH1032 Modern technology for health and medicine

This was definitely one of my favourite module in NUS. The content was split into 8 chapters and each chapter comprised of a medical technology and corresponding medical applications.

  • Endoscopy: Colorectal and stomach cancer
  • Laser: Diabetic retinopathy, glaucom, cataracts
  • Ultrasound: Imaging of carotid arterial wall, obstetrics
  • Radiography and CT: Osteogorotics fractures, osteoarthritis, breast cancer
  • Nuclear medicine: Vascular dementia, cancer imaging
  • MRI: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Radiation therapy: DNA Repair, prostate cancer
  • Nanomedicine: Drug delivery, magnetic nanoparticles, nanoparticle toxicology
We also had to complete 4 tutorials on: 
  • Diet and lifestyle risk factors
  • Alcohol addiction
  • Hearing loss in young Singaporeans
  • Open-ended discussion on the interdependency between Technology and Health (our group chose to dive into Sleep tech)