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MacCormac, Aoife; O'Brien, Emma; O'Kennedy, Richard – Journal of Biological Education, 2011
This paper describes the development of a taught Master's course in biomedical diagnostics using a novel multi-disciplinary approach. This course, the first of its kind in Ireland, covers the science and technology underlying the development of medical diagnostic devices that detect early markers of diseases such as cancer. The ethical impact of…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Foreign Countries, Ethics, Interdisciplinary Approach
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O'Connor, Christine; Hayden, Hugh – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
In recent years nanotechnology has become part of the content of many undergraduate chemistry and physics degree courses. This paper deals with the role of contextualisation of nanotechnology in the delivery of the content, as nanotechnology is only now being slowly integrated into many chemistry degree courses in Ireland and elsewhere. An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach