Career Prospects in Biomedical Engineering

1. Career Prospects in
Biomedical Engineering

2. Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Engineering
Specialties
Career Prospects
Biomedical Companies
Healthcare Standards
Hospital Accreditation
Higher Studies
Research Funding
PSUs
Entrepreneurship
Topics

3. Biomedical Engineering …
• Specialized branch of Engineering.
• Medical Technology: 2nd position in terms of
research expenditure.
• Food & Health integral part of life and would
remain eternal!
• The unique interface between engineering and
healthcare -utilize the knowledge of engineering in
healthcare for a better patient care.

4. • Involves almost all types of science and
engineering streams.
• The most passionate area of research- other
branches of engineering carry out the research
in biomedical as their area is saturated.
• Our solutions impact the society to improve
lifespan of individuals, the most valuable
thing.
Biomedical Engineering

5. Clinical Engineering
• is a speciality within biomedical engineering .
• responsible primarily for applying and implementing
medical technology to optimize healthcare delivery.
• governmental regulators on hospital inspections/audits.
• technological consultants for other hospital staff .
• advise medical device producers regarding prospective
design improvements based on clinical experiences.
• Procurement and asset management.

6. Specialties
• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
• Bio Signal Processing
• Medical Imaging
• Medical Informatics
• Genetic Engineering
• Tissue Engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Clinical Research

7. CAREER PROSPECTS

8. After B.Tech.
HOSPITALS
Engineer/ Auditor /
HMIS Manager
COMPANY
Sales/ Service /
Application Specialist
OEM
Research/ Production
Engineer
Masters Degree
in Engineering
Masters Degree
in Management
(Hospital)
ENTERPRENUER
Manufacturer/ Dealer/
Service Provider
PUBLIC SECTOR
Manager/ Auditor/
Researcher/ Patent Examiner

9. Job Titles
• Biomedical Engineer
• Clinical Engineer
• Service Engineer
• Customer Support Engineer
• Application Specialist
• Project Engineer- Medical Devices
• Patent Examiner (Intellectual Property)
• Biomedical Auditor
• HMIS Administrator
• Content Developer

10. Job opportunities …
• BLS (Bureau of Labour Statistics)- biomedical
engineering - fastest growing professions all over
the world.
• Hospitals/ Healthcare organisations in INDIA
• Sales/ Service/ Application Specialist.
• Limited number of manufacturers for sophisticated
equipments (100% FDI).

11. Job opportunities
• Evolving and developing though in India.
• investment towards R&D field related to biomedical
sector is increasing.
• Experience / Internship training.
• Salary
• Very promising career in developed countries.

12. Biomedical Companies
• Siemens
• Philips
• B Braun Medical
• Becton Dickinson
• Medtronic
• Thoshiba
• Wipro GE Healthcare
• Schiller Healthcare
• Maquet Medical

13. Healthcare Standards …
• HL7 standard.
• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
(LOINC).
• International Classification of Diseases (ICD10)
• Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine--Clinical Terms
(SNOMED-CT)- International Health Terminology
Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO)
• Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition (CPT 4)
• ATC – Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical Classification of
Drugs

14. Healthcare Standards
• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• Standards for Medical Devices.
• Medical Devices Regulation-WHO
• ECRI Institute (formerly the "Emergency Care
Research Institute")

15. Hospital Accreditation
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations - JCAHO .
• Accreditation Canada
• The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards or ACHS.
• QHA Trent Accreditation (United Kingdom)/
• The International Society for Quality in Health Care
(ISQua)
• National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and
Healthcare Providers (NABH)

16. Higher Studies - India
• IIT Mumbai
• IIT kharagpur
• IIT Madras
• Anna University, Chennai
• Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum
• SCTIMST.
• VIT University, Tamil Nadu
• SRM University, Tamil Nadu
• MG University, Kerala

17. Higher Studies - Abroad
• Germany
• United Kingdom
• USA
• Australia
• Canada

18. Research funding..
• National Health Portal (http://www.nhp.gov.in/)
• Department of Electronics and Information Technology –
DeitY (http://deity.gov.in/)
• Department of Biotechnology – DBT
(http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/)
• Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council ---BIRAC.
(http://www.birac.nic.in/)
• Kerala State Council For Science, Technology & Environment –
KSCSTE (http://www.kscste.kerala.gov.in/)

19. Research funding
• Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR (www.icmr.nic.in)
• International Funding
– WHO
– IEEE EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society)
– IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian
Technology)
– International Collaborative projects (Indo-American, Indo-
German) through Govt. of India.

20. Public Sector Undertakings
• HLL Life Care
• Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences &
Technology.
• Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd.
• National Health Mission
• eHealth Kerala
• Indian Institute of Information Technology &
Management, Kerala.

21. Entrepreneurship…
• Technical / Managerial Assistance.
• Local Body Registration.
• Linkage with funding agencies.
• Taxes Department.

22. Entrepreneurship
• Additional Skill Acquisition Programme – ASAP Kerala
• Kerala Institute for Entrepreneurship
Development (KIED)
• Kerala Financial Corporation- KFC
• Kerala State Entrepreneur Development Mission
(KSEDM)
• Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (GoI)
• Directorate of Industries and Commerce
(http://dic.kerala.gov.in/)

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