Medical Electronics Engineering

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Medical Electronics Engineering Technology appeals to students desiring to be both technical and at the same time devote their careers to saving lives by helping doctors and hospital patients. Graduates become biomedical technicians and maintain, repair, and calibrate the electronic medical instruments used in healthcare. To advance in these careers it is also important to develop skills in communicating problems, ideas and solutions to other employees.

This program will develop troubleshooting skills in analog circuits, digital circuits, and processors. In addition they must understand physiology, medical terminology and the operation of medical instruments such as EKG instruments, defibulators, and incubators.

Some graduates choose to continue their education and are accepted into Electronic Technology bachelor’s degree programs in several area colleges and universities. Alternatively, a graduate could chose to pursue a degree in business acquiring a mix of technical and business skills, possibly leading to managing a biomedical team. In the workforce, they are typically employed by hospitals or a subcontractor for a hospital. Some graduates are employed by manufacturers of medical instruments or medical devices as field support technicians. Graduates may continue their education in business, engineering or clinical programs.

Curriculum
The curriculum is structured to provide a broad education with students taking courses in each of the recognized areas of analog circuits, digital circuits, processors circuits and programming, writing skills, presentation skills, algebra, trigonometry, and elementary calculus. Typically the electronics courses are three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory work, reinforcing concepts and principles taught in the classroom and providing extensive hand-on education. The freshman year is identical to the Electronic Engineering Technology program and transfer between the two programs is easy during the first year.

Facilities
The electronics laboratory is equipped to provide students ample and meaningful hands-on experience in bread-boarding, testing, and schematic capture. Students will typically spend four hours a week in the laboratory confirming that the lecture material works in real life and is not unproven theory.

Second year students will be trained on the theory and operation of the medical instruments in late afternoon and evening courses at a local medical facility and also have an internship in their last Semester at a local hospital.

Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Associate Degree in Medical Electronics Engineering Technology, the graduate will be able to:
analyze or troubleshoot Medical Electronic Equipment.

understand and apply fundamental knowledge of mathematics, especially algebra and trigonometry, through introductory calculus, and applied in physics and analog courses.

conduct experiments, building or bread-boarding when required. Use basic test equipment and tools to measure performance, and to critically analyze and interpret data.

identify, formulate, and solve electronic engineering problems using modern engineering tools, techniques, and skills.

effectively communicate technical observations, results, issues, and successes. To request action effectively, preferably by using persuasion and avoiding confrontation if possible.

employ computer skills for preparing technical documents or analyzing data: using applications for word processing, spreadsheets, simple programming, schematic capture, and simulations.

understand inventory costs, parts costs, and time costs .

understand principles of time management and managing multiple priorities.

understand the importance of compliance with professional practice and ethical issues, such as honest product test reporting, honest time reporting, privacy issues, and security of information.
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Phone:617.423.4630

School Address:

41 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116 USA


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