COURSE DESCRIPTION

A medical engineering course is an interdisciplinary program that combines medical and engineering principles, equipping students with the skills to design, develop, maintain, and innovate medical equipment and technologies, ultimately addressing healthcare challenges and improving patient care

DUTIES

• Design biomedical equipment and devices, such as artificial internal organs, replacements for body parts, and machines for diagnosing medical problems
• Install, adjust, maintain, repair, or provide technical support for biomedical equipment
• Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment
• Train clinicians and other personnel on the proper use of biomedical equipment
• Research the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists
• Prepare procedures, write technical reports, publish research papers, and make recommendations based on their research findings
• Present research findings to scientists, nonscientist executives, clinicians, hospital management, engineers, other colleagues, and the public
• Oversee hospital inventory of medical equipment and spare parts

JOBS

• Hospital maintenance, Biomaterials engineers, Biomechanics, Clinical engineering, Dialysis engineers