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Group 10 Introduction.mov Who we are
Who we are
Hello everyone,
We are Vihaan, Advay and Vansh .
Today we are going to present what we have been doing for the past six weeks on “Technology in healthcare”. Our Central Idea is Technology in healthcare determines the quality of treatment”. We chose this topic because it brought all our ideas together. Additionally, neither Vihaan nor Advay had groups so we decided to merge our choices. Vansh joined because he thought it would be an interesting topic to explore. For this exhibition our mentor was Mr. Thierry Gardenne, he works in the IT department. He also helps out with the sporting events and teaches guitar. He guided us during our exhibition and reminded us to complete our work.
Central Idea:
Central Idea:
Access to technology in healthcare determines quality of treatment.
Access to technology in healthcare determines quality of treatment.
Line of Inquiry 1
Importance of technology in healthcare
Importance of technology in healthcare
Line of Inquiry 2
The evolution of technology in healthcare
The evolution of technology in healthcare
Line of Inquiry 3
The accessibility to cheaper healthcare with efficient technology improves healthcare
The accessibility to cheaper healthcare with efficient technology improves healthcare
Line of Inquiry 1: Importance of technology in healthcare
Line of Inquiry 1: Importance of technology in healthcare
Interview Mr Bundhun, a Pharmacist (click for more information)
Interview Mr Bundhun, a Pharmacist (click for more information)
Q: What is the connection between technology and pharmacy?
A: Nowadays with technology we are being able to do more research in medicines. We are being able to get newer medicines with lesser side effects.With technology we are able now to cure rare diseases which were not able to be cured before.
Q: Can a pharmacist work without technology?
A: A pharmacist is nowadays more efficient to work with technology like for example with the use of technology we can have a proper inventory of medicines and control their expiry dates
Q: Why is technology important in pharmacy?
A: In a pharmacy when we have a proper system,we are able to order medicines very rapidly.We also have a good way to control the stock of medicines
Q: How does technology have an impact on the efficiency of medicines?
A: With technology we are being able to get newer molecules for diseases like for example we are having better medicines for diabetes and hypertension.People are having better health compared to years ago.This is because the newer medicines that have recently been produced are more efficient.
Q: How can technology help pharmacists and improve the quality of healthcare?
A: With technology now Pharmacists can keep a proper record of their clients and patients.They will be able to know which treatment they need to take. Also with new devices the pharmacist can take the orders of their clients via whatsapp and mail.
Q: Are pharmaceutical equipments easily accessible to the Mauritian population?
A: In Mauritius we do not manufacture medicines. We only import and we sell so there is no pharmaceutical equipment in Mauritius.
Q: What are the current issues (if any) that are faced by pharmacists in connection to technology?
A: There are no issues that are faced between pharmacist and technology
Summary Report on Mr Bundhun Interview (click for more information)
Summary Report on Mr Bundhun Interview (click for more information)
I learned that nowadays with technology pharmacist are being able to do more research in medicines. They are being able to get newer medicines with lesser side effects. With technology they are able now to cure rare diseases which were not able to be cured before.
I also learned that back then before technology was available people figured out that they needed to crush plants to get the medicines from the plant to cure people. Nowadays, pharmaceutical laboratories use machines to extract the medicines from the plant instead of crushing it and also they farm plants that have the medicines so they cannot run out of plants so they can continue making them.
Another thing that I have learnt is that today with technology, the pharmaceutical industry is able to get newer molecules to cure diseases like for example they are having better medicines for diabetes and hypertension. People are having better health compared to years ago. This is because the newer medicines that have recently been produced are more efficient.
A thing that I found interesting is the fact that a pharmacist is nowadays more efficient to work with technology like for example with the use of technology we can have a proper inventory of medicines and control their expiry dates.
Moreover, I learned from my dad that in a pharmacy when they have a proper system, they are able to order medicines very rapidly. They also have a good way to control the stock of medicines.
Lastly, I learnt that in Mauritius, medicines are not manufactured. They are only imported and are sold. So there is no pharmaceutical equipment in Mauritius.
Interview Dr Jungun Kheeldas, Plastic Surgeon (click for more information)
Interview Dr Jungun Kheeldas, Plastic Surgeon (click for more information)
Q: What is your specialization area?
A: Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Q: For how many years have you been practising?
A: 6 years as a general practitioner and 6 years as a plastic surgeon.
Q. Do you use technology in your work?
A: 3. Yes, I do use
Q: Does the technology you use cost a lot?
A: Yes, it costs a lot.
Q. How do you think we could make technology in healthcare cheaper?
A. I don't think so. The technology that we use in medicine should be sure and of very good quality.
Q. How do you think technology in healthcare has evolved over the years?
A. Technology nowadays is digital rather than manual, more precise, better quality, more user friendly, less bulky and less energy consuming.
Q. What do you think is the importance of technology in healthcare?
A. Technology makes our job easier, helps us to be more precise and save time, and helps us in diagnosis and treatment.
Some machines he uses: CT scan, MRI, 3D echography, Robotic assisted surgery, Laser machine.
Summary Report on Dr Kheeldas Interview (click for more information)
Summary Report on Dr Kheeldas Interview (click for more information)
He is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with 6 years as a general practitioner and 6 years as a plastic surgeon. The machines for technology can cost a lot up to 1 million Rupees for the best quality. There might be a chance that the technology for healthcare might not become cheaper in the near future. The technology is digital rather than manual, more precise, better quality, more user friendly, less bulky and less energy consuming than before. Technology makes the doctors jobs easier, helps them make more precise and less time consuming diagnosis and treatment.
A plastic surgeon uses: CT scan, MRI, 3D echography, Robotic assisted surgery, Laser machine.
Interview with Dr Surnam (click for more information)
Interview with Dr Surnam (click for more information)
What is your name?
Dr Narayensingh Surnam, M.B.B.S., MS.
What is your specialisation area?
I am a specialist in the field of general surgery.
For how many years have you been practising?
More than 40 years
Do you use technology in your work?
Yes, I do.
Can you please give examples where technology helps you in your practice?
for diagnostic purposes
Ultrasound
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
other imaging procedures
operative procedures
Endoscopic surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Lithotripsy [for renal calculus)
Does the technology you use cost a lot?
Yes. Medicine is going high tech and the latest technology is always exorbitantly expensive. For example a lithotripsy machine may cost up to Rs. 20 million, but it renders the procedure less invasive (minimally invasive surgery)
How do you think we could make technology in healthcare cheaper?
As I said, the latest technology in medicine (e.g. robotic surgery) is exorbitantly high So much so that it is still not yet available in Mauritius. Latest technology is always very expensive. As medicine is slowly but surely going high tech in Mauritius, the cost is also higher
How do you think technology in healthcare has evolved over the years?
Technology in healthcare is evolving very rapidly, specially in developed countries (For e.g. robotic healthcare/surgery is extremely costly). Medical and healthcare technology has even reached our hospitals and some private clinics.
What do you think is the importance of technology in healthcare?
Technology in Healthcare is important:
more efficient treatment and management
More accurate diagnostic
rapid convalescence due to minimally invasive surgical intervention
improved overall quality of life and health care of people
Summary Report on Dr Surnam Interview (click for more information)
Summary Report on Dr Surnam Interview (click for more information)
Interview with Dr. Narayensingh Surnam M.B.B.S, MS. who is a specialist in the field of general surgery with more than 40 years of practice. He uses technology in his work and has seen how things have evolved since he first became a doctor. Here are some examples of the technology he uses:
diagnostic purposes
Ultrasound
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
other imaging procedures
operative procedures
Endoscopic surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Lithotripsy [for renal calculus)
All of the above cost a lot of money, some of which can cost up to 20 million rupees. However, these advancements allow surgeries to be less invasive. The latest technology in Medicine is very expensive, subsequently, most of them aren’t available in Mauritius. As technology has evolved it has become cheaper, some of the Mauritian private hospitals and clinics now have the machines that would previously not have been available due to the costs. Dr Surnam thinks that technology plays a big role in healthcare, he said that as a consequence of the progress in technological advancements, treatments available and management of resources is more efficient.
Line of Inquiry 2: Evolution of Technology in Healthcare
Line of Inquiry 2: Evolution of Technology in Healthcare
Timeline to show how technology has influenced healthcare over time
Timeline to show how technology has influenced healthcare over time
Exhibition Timeline.pdfLine of Inquiry 3: The accessibility to cheaper healthcare with efficient technology improves healthcare
Line of Inquiry 3: The accessibility to cheaper healthcare with efficient technology improves healthcare
Interview with Dr Nundloll
Interview with Dr Nundloll
Interview with Dr Nundloll.pdfInterview with Dr. Poonam Gungadin
Interview with Dr. Poonam Gungadin
Interview with Dr Gungadin.mp4Quality in healthcare means the provision of timely, safe and accessible care.
Technology has greatly improved healthcare at all levels whether it is at a Primary, Secondary, Tertiary or Quaternary level.
One example is electronic health records, before that, patient records were kept in a paper based system and it used to be a very boring and lengthy process to find one patient’s record. Electronic health records have allowed faster transfer of information.
Interview with Dr Goodur (click for more information)
Interview with Dr Goodur (click for more information)
Technology has greatly enhanced the way doctors do their job. It helps them a lot in everyday things such as surgery.It has also decreased the waiting time to get the results to diagnosis. Non-invasive surgery is much better than invasive surgery as it provides less pain and more precision.
Technology has also changed the way we see medicine by making it much more efficient and cheaper.
We can make medical devices much cheaper by mass-producing them with cheaper materials-this can lower the price by more than 10000 £
High-tech medicine is extremely promising and the progress we are making is massive.In the near future, we will be able to have access to high-tech medicine all over the world
Interview with Dr Goodur.mp4 Oral Presentation
Oral Presentation
Oral presentation.movHello everyone, my name is Vansh and welcome to this oral presentation about our 3rd line of inquiry, “The importance of technology in healthcare”. So let’s crack on
We often ask ourselves the question how people used to be cured when they were ill, long time ago when there was no technology
Technology has enabled a new way of life. However, we are only beginning to see how it can help in the realm of healthcare. Not only can technology improve our current practices, it has the potential to completely transform them. Innovations are arising that can help to cut costs and improve efficiency while improving the quality and transparency of care available.
Technology is present in healthcare under many forms, from simple medicine to sophisticated devices. Healthcare, as we know it today, wouldn't be the same without technology. An example of this is the X-ray machine, one of the most useful equipment in hospitals and clinics. Another example is penicillin, a relatively cheap medicine that saves millions of lives every decade.
Medical technology has come a long way since the invention of eyeglasses and the stethoscope. The broader availability of mobile internet, the expansion of a more affluent middle class, and an aging global population are all driving change in the healthcare industry, and the associated technology is changing faster than ever before. Nanobots in the bloodstream can now diagnose and prevent disease. Exoskeletons can assist with physical therapy and counteract movement disabilities. But perhaps the most visible (and multi-armed) application for 2021 is robotic surgery.
The healthcare industry has been relatively slow to adopt new technologies in comparison to other industries. Due to strict regulations and the sensitive nature of medical information, the industry has proceeded with caution. Nevertheless, the field has made significant strides that have redefined the way in which physicians practice medicine and patients receive treatment
What will be the trend in the coming years?
The use of Artificial Intelligence will redesign the health care system in the future as algorithms are able to mine medical records, design treatment plans or create drugs way faster than a medical professional while virtual reality will be used to train surgeons on performing delicate operations.
Wearables and digital trackers have now entered the lives of many and provide essential information to doctors but also empower patients to monitor their health parameters.
Another breakthrough is Genome Sequencing which is expected to become the way forward in establishing a patient’s family history and detecting any anomalies, potential diseases, sensitivity to medications through a simple test
3D-printing can bring wonders in all aspects of healthcare. We can now print bio-tissues, artificial limbs, pills, blood vessels and the list goes on and will likely keep on doing so.
Let us not forget the speed with which Covid-19 vaccines were developed when usually in the past, it has decades to develop any kind of vaccine
Technology certainly comes with a price tag but we are truly living in revolutionary times for healthcare. Technological developments in the field of healthcare has and will keep on saving numerous patients and improve the quality of lives immensely
OUR ACTION
OUR ACTION
We started by doing our presentation and everything was going well. Miss Bindoo’s class was our audience. We explained really well but we took a lot of time and hadn't rehearsed so it was slightly chaotic and we had to split our presentation into two parts as there was another group who needed the staff room. 30 minutes later, Miss Bindoo said she could give us 10 more minutes to finish. It finished pretty well and everyone enjoyed it a lot. Later, more than 10 children told us they thought it was brilliant. We also continued our survey for the maths component in the same class but were unable to include it due to a lack of people interviewed.
The presentation included:
23 pages of verified information
Images
Fun Facts
Cool animations
Interactive parts
It was a very fun experience!!!
Maths
Maths
For our maths component, we decided to do a survey, with our target audience being the year 4 students from Miss Bindoo’s class. We were supposed to interview the students prior to our action component presentation. The results we gathered were meant to be used to create an informative presentation to educate and share information in order for the students to get a better understanding of how technology is used in healthcare. However, because we weren’t very organised, we didn’t manage to conduct the survey early enough in the exhibition process. We then decided to interview students prior to our Action Component Presentation so that the results were still valid, however once again we were unable to organise ourselves and there was insufficient time. Furthermore, when we did the survey , we did not survey the correct number of students, meaning we could not complete our math component. Subsequently, we decided to ask our family members, but their responses were not usable because they were not the proposed respondents.
What we learned is that we needed to cooperate, be more organised and we needed to think before acting. We are disappointed with ourselves because we know that we could have done better.
French
French
Technologie et santé
Technologie et santé
Du numérique aux biotechnologies
en passant par la robotique
les sciences évoluent pour apporter
de meilleurs traitements aux malades hospitalisés
Les patients sont de plus en plus connectés
robots-chirurgiens, dans les salles d’opération
pour compléter des missions
comme des transplantations
Tandis que les robots font leur entrée
dans les salles d’opération,
toutes les mauvaises parties du corps ,destruction
des imprimantes 3D fabriquent des prothèses,
des tissus et bientôt,à l’aise
qui sait, des organes
Pas Banal!
Les outils connectés ne font-ils pas courir
le risque aux patients de voir leurs maladies sur l’internet
Le secret médical doit protéger les gens de la planète
afin qu’elles ne soient pas maltraitées.
Le déploiement des nouvelles technologies
ne risque-t-il pas d’exclure certains patients?
mes dans les ans
Les gens comprennent mieux que tout le monde et normal
et les aide quand ils ont mal
Art Component
Art Component
This art component was a robot doing surgery on someone. The idea of it came from a picture that we found on the internet. It took half a day to complete when we separated the work. We used paint to paint in one fourth of a day to paint it. We got the paint from the art room. We chose it because it was connected to our topic for the exhibition.
Process Journal
Process Journal
Music
Music
WE WILL HEAL YOU!!!
Buddy, you’re a sick boy, you cough a lot
Sore throat, fever, you should have taken a Covid shot
You are out of breath, you have lost your taste
It’s time to rush to the hospital, make haste
Covid, it might kill you
We will, we will heal you
Ventilator will help you breathe
There will be trouble if others you contaminate
Technology is all over the place
Pulse oxymeter will check if you live
Covid, it might kill you, sing it!
We will, we will heal you, yeah
Buddy, you’re a young man, careless
Do a Rapid Antigen Test every Monday
You owe your life to Technology
A long time back, we’d be in church, hearing your eulogy
Covid, it might kill you, yeah, yeah, come on
We will, we will heal you, alright, louder
Covid, it might kill you, one more time
We will, we will heal you
Original song design (Click me)
Original song design (Click me)
Sick at home, trying to heal up heal up, told my doctors please heal me up heal me up
I tried all the medicines I could think of
Trying to see you again trying to beat this VIRUS kee-kee-keeping us apart
The same virus that took away millions,Covid, Covid, Covid
The Virus that caused a worldwide pandemic
I’ve been using a breathing machine to live
If it was long ago, I would have died,died,died
I would have lost the battle of life.
I finally won the battle of life from death,
Now, I can see you and the kids again,
Thanks to the ingenious machines and medicines I shall live longer
I am as happy as ever,
The doctors saved my life
I owe them my life,
They are my heroes
I would never thank them enough
For saving me and helping me through this nightmare
Thanks to all the amazing inventions and doctors I see you guys again
Reflection
Reflection
The exhibition was an adventure. We didn’t always agree on everything, leading to fights about everything, including who was going to do what, the quality of the work being done and what to include on our website. We overcame our conflicts by talking to our teachers or our mentor, to help us determine the best options without involving them in our disagreements.
During the exhibition process we have learnt that there is more than one perspective and that we are all entitled to our opinions. Through discussion we are able to overcome a lot more than when we tried and to work alone. We need to improve our collaboration skills through working on our communication skills.
We displayed good research skills, using a variety of sources including interviewing eight different specialists and searching for information on the internet. We then filtered the data collected to produce our own responses to all of our lines of inquiry. It was quite easy to collect the information but it took us time to consolidate it to create our final products.
Although we faced different challenges, we remained open-minded and listened to the experts as well as our teachers. We already had ideas about how technology and healthcare were related, however we did not allow this to stop us from listening and allowing our ideas to evolve as we learnt new things.
By the end of the process we became reflective and realised our strengths and weaknesses. Our weaknesses included poor social skills, whereby we struggled to get along maturely with one another, and we were not very independent or responsible towards our work because we were easily distracted. However, our strengths, such as our research skills and confidence to talk to specialists, allowed us to gather the necessary information to have a final product to upload onto our website.
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