Course D

Medical Matters

Course organiser:Gus Gale

Presenter:Various

Mechanical Engineers and Medical Doctors share their knowledge and experiences of how they have improved hospital patients’ success rates in recovery. U3A Okeover has previously offered a number of courses on health issues and this will be another contribution from the medical profession including their co-operation with the Engineering faculty at the University of Canterbury.

5 Apr:
Dr Chris Atkinson.Cancer care in 2012: Dr Atkinson will reflect on the last 35 years in which he has treated patients/families with cancer and reveal the huge changes in treatments and knowledge of the biology of cancer over that period and, hopefully, give some insights on where we will be in ten years time.

12 Apr:
Dr Aaron Le Compte.How Engineers have assisted in improving the survival statistics in the Intensive Care and Neonatal ICU as well as the improvement in ICU and Neonatal care

19 Apr:
Dr Paul Docherty.Type 2 Diabetes and Engineering: How Mechanical Engineers have improved methods of early diagnosing type 2 Diabetes.

26 Apr:
Dr Geoff Shaw.Dr Shaw is Senior Specialist in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the ChCh Public Hospital. Inventions: Dr Shaw is an inventor of medical 'tools' that have aided his work in an extremely important and stressful area of medical care.

3 May:
Dr Thomas Lotz..Dr Lotz has developed new methods of diagnosing Breast Cancer.