What can you do with a Bioengineering: Pre-med degree?
My friends are planning to major in Bioengineering: Pre-med. But I can’t figure out any information on what exactly it is and what can you do for a career with this degree? Plus, how high does a bioengineering degree pay and due to the economy right now, is it worth it to major in bioengineering? Or does Bioengineering degree just leads to future layoff?
Bioengineering or Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient health care and the quality of life of individuals.
Biomedical Engineering is still an emerging new discipline of Engineering. Jobs can involve working in a lab-like enviormental where you research and design medical applications. Pay will vary from country to country, state to state, as with all other engineering applications. With the increasing aging population and discovery of diseases, I can only suspect that the profession will continue its increase in demand.
If you are planning to go into medical school, this option may be a very viable option. If medical school does not accept you, you can still fall back on just becoming a biomedical Engineer that makes a decent amount of money compared to a general science graduate that can not get into a very decent-paying job due to lack of specialization. However the downfall to this, is that bioengineering students upon entering medical school will definately have less knowledge of anatomy, biology, chemistry than their Science Graduate counterparts. This may mean a harder time trying to catch up what they have missed, as their undergraduate degree was focused more on practical applications than fundamental scientific knowledge.
November 11 2008 09:20 pm | Bioengineering
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youtestingm on 12 Nov 2008 at 3:08 am #
Bioengineering or Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient health care and the quality of life of individuals.
Biomedical Engineering is still an emerging new discipline of Engineering. Jobs can involve working in a lab-like enviormental where you research and design medical applications. Pay will vary from country to country, state to state, as with all other engineering applications. With the increasing aging population and discovery of diseases, I can only suspect that the profession will continue its increase in demand.
If you are planning to go into medical school, this option may be a very viable option. If medical school does not accept you, you can still fall back on just becoming a biomedical Engineer that makes a decent amount of money compared to a general science graduate that can not get into a very decent-paying job due to lack of specialization. However the downfall to this, is that bioengineering students upon entering medical school will definately have less knowledge of anatomy, biology, chemistry than their Science Graduate counterparts. This may mean a harder time trying to catch up what they have missed, as their undergraduate degree was focused more on practical applications than fundamental scientific knowledge.
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Graham A on 12 Nov 2008 at 3:17 am #
Bio-engineering is the study of genetics etc as it also covers antibodies medicine and many other areas of medicine
Pre-med covers the study of the body medical to nursing or doctor levels etc
A person studying these subjects should never be without work as biology medicine etc is an important part of our lives just medical supplies as in drugs is a multi billion dollar industry
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