Course: Industrial engineering methods in health care

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Course title Industrial engineering methods in health care
Course code KPV/PIZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimon Michal, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vlas Tomáš, Ing. Bc.
Course content
The course acquaints students with industrial engineering methods and their applications in health care and laboratory diagnostics. 1. Introduction to industrial engineering. Wasting. DMAIC. 2. Productivity. Workplace ergonomics. 3. Practical implementation of productivity tools. 4. Methods 5S. Systematic cleaning. 5. Use and implementation of 5S tools. 6. Fast change tools - SMED. 7. Application of the SMED method in healthcare. 8. Kanban. Material supply. 9. Suggestion of possibilities of using Kanban method. 10. Lean health care. Risk analysis and management. - I. 11. Lean health care. Risk analysis and management. - II. 12. 7 tools for quality management. Improvement in production. Kaizen. - I. 13. 7 tools for quality management. Improvement in production. Kaizen. - II.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 11 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 3 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 12 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to define good laboratory practice
to describe the organization of work in the laboratory
Skills
are not defined
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe how to manage the assessed risks
Skills
to evaluate the operation of the laboratory in terms of waste
to analyze the causes of wastage
to set individual processes to avoid waste
to apply procedures leading to improvement
to assess workplace risks
apply Six Sigma, DMAIC, Kaizen, 5S methods
to work with the value stream map, Ishikawa diagram
to analyze material flows between workplaces, including their evaluation
to recommend an appropriate industrial engineering method to a particular problem in the sample analysis process
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Skills
Field trip
Multimedia supported teaching
Project-based instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Project
Skills
Project
Recommended literature
  • ČSN EN ISO 15189 Zdravotnické laboratoře - Požadavky na kvalitu a způsobilost.
  • Badiru Adedeji, Omitaomu Olufemi. Handbook of Industrial Engineering Equations, Formulas, and Calculations. CRC Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1420076271.
  • Chromjaková, Felicita. Průmyslové inženýrství. GEORG, 2013. ISBN 978-80-8154-058-5.
  • Košturiak, Ján; Frolík, Zbyněk. Štíhlý a inovativní podnik. Praha : Alfa Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-86851-38-9.
  • Nenadál, Jaroslav. Moderní systémy řízení jakosti : quality management. Praha : Management Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7261-071-6.


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