BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: An Emerging Field

 Today, I will expose you to an emerging field which marries the  Engineering profession to the Medical profession.


The beautiful thing about it is that the cutoff for it is relatively low. Yet has surprisingly great prospects.

The UTME subjects combination is USE OF ENGLISH, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY and MATHEMATICS.

One school in Nigeria that is among the spearheading institutions in Nigeria is UNILAG.

If you are an engineering aspirant but with a flair for Medicine, why not try BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. In short, it is engineering, but specialises in Medicine.

You will never regret that you did.


Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g. diagnostic or therapeutic).

This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine, combining the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical biological sciences to advance health care treatment, including diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy.

Also included under the scope of a biomedical engineer is the management of current medical equipment within hospitals while adhering to relevant industry standards. This involves equipment recommendations, procurement, routine testing and preventative maintenance, through to decommissioning and disposal.

This role is also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) or clinical engineering.

Biomedical engineering has recently emerged as its own study, as compared to many other engineering fields. Such an evolution is common as a new field transition from being an interdisciplinary specialization among already-established fields, to being considered a field in itself.

Much of the work in biomedical engineering consists of research and development, spanning a broad array of subfields (see below).

Prominent biomedical engineering applications include the development of biocompatible prostheses, various diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices ranging from clinical equipment to micro-implants, common imaging equipment such as MRIs and EKG/ECGs, regenerative tissue growth, pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic biologicals.

Read more about it at  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_engineering

Yours sincerely.
Stephen.

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