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A summary the concepts, relationships, and skills presented in this course. These should provide

you with a guide for learning the material in the chapters indicated. In examinations during this

course you should be able to:

Chapter 1

1. State the amplitude and frequency range for physiological paramenters.

2. Calculate the mean, median, standard deviation, Poisson Probability, sample size to give a

desired confidence.

3. Calculate the confidence interval given a sample mean and standard deviation.

4. Distinguish between accuracy, precision, and resolution.

5. Understand the terms digital, continuous, discrete and analog

6. Draw a flow chart or a box diagram of a simple system

7. Describe the scientific method and its analog in clinical medicine.

8. Utilize hypothesis testing

Chapter 2

1. Calculate resistances and impedances in series and parallel

2. Design a voltage divider circuit

3. Be able to apply KCL and KVL to analyze simple circuits

4. Sketch a signal (sine wave, etc.) in both the time domain and the frequency domain

5. Sketch the response of a first order RC circuit and calculate the time constant

6. Understand filter function (low pass, high pass, band pass, notch)

7. Explain what feedback is and why it is important

Chapter 3

1. Understand the relationships between energy, wavelength and frequency of electromagnetic

radiation.

2. Know basics about electromagnetic spectrum.

3. Understand Bohr’s hydrogen atom.

4. Sketch a spectrophotometer and describe the purpose of each component

5. State Beer’s law and use it to calculate the concentration of an absorbing substance.

6. Describe how a pulse oximeter works

7. What does partial pressure mean (e.g. PO2)

8. Describe how oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin is used to measure oxygen saturation

9. Describe one method of measuring Glucose

10. Describe Faraday’s electrolysis equation and Nernst’s equation.

11. Sketch the Clark electrode. Describe how it...