B.Sc Cardio Pulmonary Perfusion Technology
Undergraduate (B.Sc) programme · 3 years + 1 year internship · Department of Cardio Pulmonary Perfusion
Overview
About the programme
This is an undergraduate specialised course in allied health science: a three-year full-time course with one year of compulsory rotatory internship.
It is concerned with:
- extracorporeal circulation to artificially support and temporarily replace a patient's respiratory and circulatory systems,
- closely monitoring the patient's blood flow and vital signs during open heart surgery, and
- administering intravenous fluids, blood products and anaesthetic drugs.
Curriculum
What you will study
First year
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Pathology
- Biochemistry
Second year
- Pharmacology, pathology and clinical microbiology
- Principles of perfusion technology - part I
Third year
- Introduction to surgery and CSSD
- Cardio-pulmonary bypass and perfusion technology
- Cardio-pulmonary bypass and its complications; sterile techniques and surgical asepsis maintenance
Non-examination subjects (all years)
- English
- Computer
Clinical internship
One year of compulsory rotatory internship after the three academic years.
Career opportunities
- Perfusionist in cardiac surgery theatres
- Cardiothoracic surgery units
- ECMO and heart-lung machine teams
- Cardiac hospitals
Higher studies
- M.Sc in perfusion technology / allied subjects
- Research
