Medical Device Networking and Cybersecurity - Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility

Engineering and Building Arts Department

MDNC-CT

Program Leadership Information

Natavia Middleton
Dean
middleton.natavia@spcollege.edu
727-398-8288

Dr. Mohammed Tamimi
Executive Director
Tamimi.Mohammad@SPCollege.edu
727-614-7271

Program Summary

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the manufacturing career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the manufacturing career cluster. The content includes but is not limited to designing, manufacturing, evaluating, troubleshooting, repairing and testing various types of biomedical equipment. Additionally, students will learn to function in a hospital or industry environment through an internship at a local biomedical department. During the internship, students will be assigned routine duties as biomedical equipment technicians.

The Academic Pathway is a tool for students that lists the following items:
  • the recommended order in which to take the program courses
  • suggested course when more than one option exists
  • which semester each course is typically offered
  • if the course has a prerequisite
  • courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)
If you are starting the program this term, click here to access the recommended Academic Pathway.

If you have already started the program, click one of the following for the archived Academic Pathways. Please verify the Academic Pathway lists your correct starting semester.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will create methods for attacking and hardening medical devices.
  2. Students will analyze medical device network connections.
  3. Students will identify and describe recent networking and cybersecurity issues in the healthcare setting.
  4. Student will discuss how to mitigate hardware and software risks for medical devices.

Graduation Requirements

All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C.

Program Requirements

MAJOR CORE COURSES
Complete 23 credits
Credits 23
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology (Active)
3
Introduction to Electronics (Active)
3
Computer Repair Essentials (Active)
3
Computer Support Technician (Active)
3
Medical Software and Troubleshooting (Active)
2
Network Fundamentals (Active)
3
Medical Device Networking (Active)
3
Medical Device Cybersecurity (Active)
3
Total: 23