Applied Project / idea

Build a Tested Clinical Calculator

Translate one bounded clinical rule into a calculator with explicit units, boundary cases, tests, and a deployment checklist.

Build Medical Software
Expected time
6 hours
Difficulty
intermediate
Project state
idea

The Brief

Build the smallest version that proves the behavior.

A calculator is a clinical argument with an interface. The project makes that argument visible.

Define the inputs. Name the units. Test the thresholds. Document what the tool does not decide. Deployment comes after the expected behavior is explicit.

Skills Under Load

What this project makes you practice

  • clinical rule translation
  • boundary testing
  • FHIR concepts
  • deployment

Preparation

Read before you build.

The lessons define the vocabulary and constraints. The project tests whether you can use them together.

  1. 01 Evidence Is Not Yet a Clinical Instruction 7 min
  2. 01 When the Workaround Becomes Infrastructure 7 min
  3. 02 A Protocol Is a Memory System, Not a Patient 7 min
  4. 02 Move Clinical Logic Out of the Spreadsheet 8 min
  5. 03 Make the Clinical Logic Visible Before You Code 8 min
  6. 03 Make Expected Behavior Executable 8 min
  7. 04 Build the Clinical Engine Before the Interface 8 min
  8. 04 Retrieve Clinical Data with FHIR 14 min
  9. 05 The Last Step Is Not Software. It Is Judgment. 8 min
  10. 05 Deploy and Verify the Tool 14 min

Course Context

The sequence behind the build