Professional Skills for ICT: Portfolio 1 - Bibliography Analysis

This project is an annotated bibliography focusing on the application of 3D printing technology within the healthcare sector, specifically addressing ICT professional skills. The assignment includes two research papers. The first paper, by Branch (2015), discusses the influence of 3D printing in healthcare, covering its working process, limitations, current uses, and future prospects. The paper emphasizes the potential of biomedical engineering to fill gaps in healthcare and explores technical concepts. The second article, by Hornick (2017), examines the use of 3D printing in medicine, highlighting its developments such as prosthetics and cranial implants. It mentions the use of MakerBot machines for creating implants and discusses the technology's impact in developing countries and its application in military prosthetics. Recommendations for future research include a greater focus on cosmetic surgery applications and the latest software advancements. The project aims to provide a comprehensive overview of 3D printing's role in healthcare and its implications for ICT professionals.

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PORTFOLIO_1: Annotated Bibliographies and Recommendations..............................................2
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PORTFOLIO_1: Annotated Bibliographies and Recommendations
Branch, C. (2015). 3D Printing In Healthcare. The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate
Student Research, 16(1), 1-4.
This research is based on the influence of 3D printing within the sector of healthcare. The
use of the technology of 3D printing within the sector of healthcare is increasing. The research
paper is mainly based on the details of every area within the sector of healthcare such as the
process of the working of 3D printing technology, the limitations of 3D printing, the current uses
of the technology and the future prospective and the applications of the technology. The research
area discusses about the fact that the field of biomedical engineering would fulfill the gap that is
present within the sector of healthcare. It also discusses about the basic technical based concepts
within the technology of 3D based printing. With the implementation of the 3D printing
technology, there are certain limitations within the application sector of this technology. The
research puts a deep focus on the various kind of limitations, which may arise while
implementing the technology of 3D printing. This research also puts light on the current
applications of 3D printing within the healthcare sector. The research also puts forward certain
examples, which would focus on the current applications within the sector.
Based on the review of the research paper, it can be determined that the research has
failed to discuss the uses in a more precise way. Hence it would be recommended that the
potential uses of 3D printing within the healthcare sector should be discussed properly so that the
technology would be implemented within the sector of healthcare.
Hornick, J. (2017). 3D printing in Healthcare. Journal of 3D printing in medicine, 1(1), 13-
17.
This journal article is based on the uses of the technology of 3D printing within the
healthcare and the medicine sector. The healthcare sector has a wide range of importance and
hence several technologies have been implemented for the growth and the various needs of the
sector. The article discusses about the previous use of technologies within the healthcare sector
without the usage of 3D printing. It also puts focus on the use of prosthetics and the use of 3D
printed based titanium cranial implants. With the use of the technology of 3D printing, various

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kind of developments have been made that might include the skin, nose, bionic ears and cosmetic
ears. In this research article, the machines that are helping in the improvement within the
healthcare sector are mentioned. These include the use of the MakerBot machines that have been
used to create 3D print based implants for the treatment of cancers and infections of the bones.
The journal article discusses about the use of 3D based printers within the developing countries
that are in the process of the implementation of the 3D base printers. The article also discusses
about the impact of the usage of the 3D based printers within the countries that have used 3D
based printers for designing prosthetics, which have been widely used. The 3D based printers
have also helped to create prosthetics for use in the military sector for the purpose of the
wounded soldiers.
Based on the discussion on this article, it can be recommended that this article should put
more focus on the future usage of the 3D print technology within the sector of cosmetic surgery
and the latest kind of software that could help in developing better products. The research article
should put a focus on the kind of products within the cosmetic sector in which the 3D printing
technology could be helpful for them.

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Bibliography
Branch, C. (2015). 3D Printing In Healthcare. The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student
Research, 16(1), 1-4.
Hornick, J. (2017). 3D printing in Healthcare. Journal of 3D printing in medicine, 1(1), 13-17.
https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/ur/vol16/iss1/3/
https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/3dp-2016-0001