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Biomedical Engineering is one of the upcoming field in India and rapidly growing along
with Globalisation of Medical Service.
Almost all the diseases are diagnosable and curable with the aid of medical equipment.
Without the help of Medical Equipments, the medicine is blind.
The curability of any diseases depends on the accurate and precise diagnosis and
treatment. The same is possible with the help of Medical Equipments such as MRI, CT,
SPECT, Positron Emission Tomography, Digital Radiography, Digital Fluoroscopy,
Mammography, Ultrasonography, Endoscopy, Lasers, and Therapy Machines such as Tele
Cobalt machines, Brachy therapy ewuipments, Medical Linear accelerators, IMRT,
Gamma Knife, X-Knife, etc.,
All these equipments have inbuilt intelligence (Articficial Inteligence) – meaning they are
capable of taking decision. These equipments are taught by the biomedical engineers to
perform their task automatically and take decision whenever there is a need such as
during emergency.
The Biomedical Engineers not only develop the equipments but they teach the
equipments to help the doctors. The modern equipments are capable of predicting the
occurrence of diseases. Also they can track the disease causing agents and kill them.
Simply one can say the biomedical engineers have done miracle in medicine.
Medical Subjects: This gives them knowledge of medical terms, Human Body
Structures and their functions as individually and as a whole system and disease and
disease causing agents and their function, characteristics etc. The main subjects are
Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology and Microbiology (Theory and
Laboratory Practice). These subjects are taught during their first two years of study along
with other fundamental Engineering and Science Subjects. In the higher semesters, the
Medical Subjects are taught through Engineering and Mathematical Approach which is
essential for solving medical problems. Mathematical modeling of Physiological System
and Micro Organisms are the key subject interest of Biomedical Engineers. The
mathematical systems are studied through special softwares available which makes the
subject quite easy. This makes Medical Engineers Knowledge different from Medical and
Allied Medical Professionals.
Engineering Subjects:
As Mathematics is the Queen (?Peon) of all Engineering, the Biomedical Engineers will
also study Engineering Mathematics to the required level which makes them understand
the behavior of interaction of drugs and diseases, cancer tissues and radiations, flow of
nano robots through body pathway, development of artificial organs, designing of
implants etc. The students aspiring Biomedical Engineering but have difficulties in
dealing with the subjects need not worry as the subject is full of application oriented and
softwares are readily available and the subject is easy to grasp.
Electrical Subjects:
The BME are expected to have thorough knowledge of power supply and their
distribution as all the equipments and their internal components require specific powers
distributed from a centralized system. Hence the BME students study them to the
required level. They need to deal with micro level electricity generated by the human
system to Giga Voltage power supplies required to Drive Therapeutic Equipments. They
need to have thorough knowledge in electron accelerators including wave guides.
Though the advanced topics are tasught in the Master Degree, the Undergraduate
Students are provided basic and sufficient knowledge on these areas. The Electrica
subjects taught include Circuits Theory, Circuits and Network etc.
Management Subjects: Corporate hospitals are growing very rapidly and new multi
speciality hospitals are coming up very fast to India with the involvement of foreing
companies, the corporate and MNC hospitals require administrators. Since all the
modern hospitals utilizes the latest technologies, the administrators need to have good
knowledge about the latest technology. Normally the hospital administrators are either
medical professional or MBA with Science or Arts background. It is very difficult for
them to understand and manage the modern hospitals. The BME are the right candidates
for managing modern hospitals. Hence the BME programme includes Management
subjects so that the biomedical engineers can turn into hospital managers. The subjects
taught in Biomedical Engineering include Principles of Management, Total Quality
Management, Professional Ethics, and Hospital Management.
Science is the backbone of engineering. To make BME students better understand the
Engineering and Medical Subjects, Students are given strong foundation in the following
subjects: Engineering Mathematics, Graphics, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science,
biophysics, medical physics, Environmental Science etc
Opportunities:
In India there were very few companies manufacture the medical equipments in the past.
Due to globalization and increased market potential in India for the medical equipments,
many international players are setting up their factories in India which increases the pjob
potential of BM Engineers by many folds.
Since the BM engineers were not available in the past, the medical equipment
manufacturers recruited electronics, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation engineers.
Now they prefer Biomedical Engineers. Training for biomedical engineers is improved
and many institutions started offering BME at UG and PG level. In industries the BMEs
are working in the Managerial, Administrative and Production and R&D. The salary is
higher for BMEs than any other engineers. The BMEs are responsible for Design,
Development, Production, Assembly, Quality Control and Service Support and training to
clients and Distributors.
Distributors:
They are the company representatives. Most of the BM companies are in Developed
Nations. Their equipments are sold in India either directly or through their distributors.
They recruit BMEs for sales, service, installation, routine maintenance, training the
operators, Updating of Equipments and software, Customer Support, etc., The salary
packages are very high and an average salary for 5 year experienced BMEs in
Sophisticated equipments (priced more than a Crore rupees) is above one lakh per month.
Hospitals:
Medical Colleges:
As per MCI norms, all the medical colleges are required to set up a dedicated BME
department which should function round the clock. The BME should ensure the better
performance of medical equipments as well as they need to teach the Medical Students
about the functioning of BM Equipments. MCI will not give recognition for medical
colleges fail to have BME department. This creates lot of job opportunity in both
Government and Private Medical Colleges. Jobs in Medical College and Hospitals are
ideal for female BMEs.
Higher Education: