Groundbreaking Study Program at VŠB-TUO to Cultivate Experts in Healthcare Innovation
50 ǀ POSITIV 1/2024
ZDRAVOTNICTVÍ
Jaká je vize programu v kontextu budoucího vývoje
a jak plánujete rozšiřovat spolupráci s průmyslovými
a komerčními sektory v nadcházejících letech?
Po ukončení studia v tomto bakalářském studijním pro-
gramu jsou zde možnosti navazujícího studia v obo-
rech biomedicínské inženýrství nebo biomechanika.
V tuto chvíli dochází také k akreditaci profesního
navazujícího magisterského studijního programu
Certifikace zdravotnických prostředků na univerzitě
v Hradci Králové. Je koncipován v úplně stejném du-
chu včetně stáže ve firmě, ale věnuje se více legislativ-
nímu a regulatornímu rámci.
My máme v tuto chvíli tři roky na to, abychom vytvo-
řili svůj vlastní navazující studijní program. Budeme
ho koncipovat tak, že zkombinujeme všechny části
jednotlivých kateder, které do procesů výroby, ino-
vací a designu zdravotnických prostředků vstupují.
Na jedné katedře se perfektně učí aditivní výroba,
na druhé chemická analýza a testování materiálů.
To vše lze krásně zkombinovat dohromady s legis-
lativou a prohloubením znalostí regulatorních poža-
davků, aby vznikl opět studijní program, který bude
v České republice jedinečný.
Pane Petere, děkujeme Vám za rozhovor.
“
Výrobkytakmohoubýtlepší,
kvalitnějšíabudouserychleji
dostávatnatrh.
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Groundbreaking Study Program
at VŠB-TUO to Culvate Experts
in Healthcare Innovaon
In the next academic year, the rst set of students will get the opportunity to enroll in the new
study program, called Innovaon and Design of Medical Devices, at the Faculty of Materials and
Technology at the VŠB Technical University of Ostrava. We talked to Ing. Lukáš Peter, Ph.D.,
Vice-Dean of the faculty of the Faculty for Cooperaon with Industry, about what exactly this
study program is about and how it is the key missing link that will vastly improve cooperaon
between companies, noed bodies and supervisory authories
Recently, you announced that you will be opening
a new study program, the Innovation and Design of
Medical Devices. Could you clarify exactly what needs
or gaps in the market this new program targets?
Outside the University I operate as an external
consultant for companies in the field of medical device
regulation and as a trainer for notified bodies that
approve medical devices, and therefore act as a sort
of filter that prevents potentially dangerous devices
from entering the market. Over the years I have spent
in this field, I found that medical device manufacturers
lack supervising experts that would be able to say:
“the technologies, materials and overall concept of what
we use is in line with the specific circumstances and
conditions of the regulated market.” This would vastly
hasten the process of introducing new medical devices
to the market not only on the side of the manufacturer,
but also, in terms of properly filed documentation, on
the side of the notified bodies. This creates a benefit
for everyone, especially end users and patients. This is
the idea behind the creation of this study program.
We discussed the initial concept with companies, notified
bodies as well as supervisory authorities. Based on their
feedback, we were able to prepare the program to fit
the requirements set by relevant experts.
What job opportunities do graduates have?
Graduates are bound to be very successful. As this is
a professional study program, for our accreditation
dossier we had to acquire a so-called “letter of intent”
from companies which contained a promise to accept
our students for internships. These companies helped us
with creating the curriculum so that graduates would have
the necessary theoretical knowledge as well as a practical
idea of how production or even the company itself
functions. Companies that operate in the field of medical
devices are in desperate need for these types of experts,
and are in the thousands in Czechia alone.
On the other hand you also have supervisory authorities
such as SÚKL, testing laboratories, and the like. All of
these subjects are in extreme need of people capable
of conducting tests and evaluations on their behalf.
Allowing them to “train” a student during their internship
and then hiring them as someone that already has this
experience is very helpful.
Are you expecting graduates to make a big difference
in the medical industry? What specific branches of
medicine could this be in?
Regulation puts which should not be crossed by
manufacturers in place. It serves to guide companies into