Biomedical Engineering

The medical engineering specialization is the link between biomedical sciences, engineering sciences and computer sciences to study the human body from the engineering and physiological side, for the purpose of designing the prosthesis or the medical device that supports the doctor in diagnosing, monitoring and treating patients, hence the need for a person partially familiar with these fields. To be able to communicate in the language of doctors and in the language of engineers

Branches of biomedical engineering

Clinical Engineering

The design, evaluation, regulation, maintenance and management of medical devices, in addition to providing a training in their safe usage in healthcare systems around the world.

Responsibilities:
• Performs engineering tasks on medical equipment.
• Is specialized in performing maintenance and repairing for high-technological medical equipment.
• Has the expertise for technical advice and counseling.
• Conducts product comparisons and technical evaluations of medical equipment.
• Is responsible for the investigation of accidents related to medical equipment.

Healthcare Technology Management

A healthcare technology manager is the person responsible for planning and directing the activities of other healthcare technology management professionals, monitoring their work, and taking corrective actions when necessary.

Responsibilities:
• Financing and managing medical equipment replacements.
• Current and future cost management to reduce total costs, reliable prediction of replacement
Medical equipment, and improvement of the cash flow.
• Improving the patient care experience. Which include increasing patient safety through standardization, and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations through home care (telehealth).

Product Specialist

The role of the product specialist is to facilitate the process of selling medical products of all kinds to health-related bodies such as hospitals and health centers, in addition to bridging the gap between product development and sales functions, with comprehensive knowledge about the medical product and the development of sales strategies for the aim of identifying potential customers that would purchase the product, and using persuasion skills, customer service and analyzing skills to complete this process.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborates with sales teams to understand customer requirements, promote the sale of company products, and provide sales support.
• Stay up-to-date with industry news and trends, products, competitors, relevant information on current and emerging technologies, and the latest product line developments.
• Develop sales plans to introduce products into new markets.
• Give customers and engineers assessment to the equipment needs and determination to the system requirements.
• Arrange for exhibitions or demo installations of equipment.