Biomedical engineers combine knowledge of engineering principles and biological findings for the development of medical treatments, medicaments, and general healthcare purposes. They can develop solutions ranging from the improvement of the components in conventional medicaments up to implants developments, and tissue treatment.
ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:
the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.
These occupations require some skills and knowledge of biomedical engineer. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of biomedical engineer with a significant experience and/or extensive training.
This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of biomedical engineer.
Engineering principles: The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects. Mathematics: Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove the truth or falsity of these conjectures. There are many fields of mathematics, some of which are widely used for practical applications. Medical devices materials: The different materials used to create medical devices such as polymer materials, thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, metal alloys and leather. In the choice of materials, attention must be paid to medical regulations, cost, and biocompatibility. Genetics: The study of heredity, genes and variations in living organisms. Genetic science seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring and the structure and behaviour of genes in living beings. Engineering processes: The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems. Biology: Tissues, cells, and functions of plant and animal organisms and their interdependencies and interactions with each other and the environment. Test procedures: The methods for producing results in science or engineering, such as physical tests, chemical tests, or statistical tests. Biomedical engineering: The biomedical engineering processes used to create medical devices, prostheses and in treatments. Scientific research methodology: The theoretical methodology used in scientific research involving doing background research, constructing an hypothesis, testing it, analysing data and concluding the results.
These skills are necessary for the role of biomedical engineer.
Assess the feasibility of implementing developments: Study developments and innovation proposals in order to determine their applicability in the business and their feasibility of implementation from various fronts such as economic impact, business image, and consumer response. Execute analytical mathematical calculations: Apply mathematical methods and make use of calculation technologies in order to perform analyses and devise solutions to specific problems. Adjust engineering designs: Adjust designs of products or parts of products so that they meet requirements. Perform scientific research: Gain, correct or improve knowledge about phenomena by using scientific methods and techniques, based on empirical or measurable observations. Apply scientific methods: Apply scientific methods and techniques to investigate phenomena, by acquiring new knowledge or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. Collect biological data: Collect biological specimens, record and summarise biological data for use in technical studies, developing environmental management plans and biological products. Develop test procedures: Develop testing protocols to enable a variety of analyses of products, systems, and components. Approve engineering design: Give consent to the finished engineering design to go over to the actual manufacturing and assembly of the product.
This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of biomedical engineer. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Biological chemistry: Biological chemistry is a medical specialty mentioned in the EU Directive 2005/36/EC. Design principles: The elements used in design such as unity, scale, proportion, balance, symmetry, space, form, texture, colour, light, shade and congruence and their application into practice. General medicine: General medicine is a medical specialty mentioned in the EU Directive 2005/36/EC. Biotechnology: The technology that uses, modifies or harnesses biological systems, organisms and cellular components to develop new technologies and products for specific uses. Laboratory techniques: Techniques applied in the different fields of natural science in order to obtain experimental data such as gravimetric analysis, gas chromatography, electronic or thermic methods. Pharmaceutical chemistry: The chemical aspects of identification and synthetic alteration of chemical entities as they relate to therapeutic use. The way various chemicals affect biological systems and how they can be integrated in drug development. Product data management: The use of software to track all information concerning a product such as technical specifications, drawings, design specifications, and production costs. Industrial design: The practice of designing products to be manufactured through techniques of mass production.
These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of biomedical engineer. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Perform laboratory tests: Carry out tests in a laboratory to produce reliable and precise data to support scientific research and product testing. Assist in clinical trials: Work with fellow scientists on clinical trials in order to improve medical methods for preventing, detecting, diagnosing, or treating diseases. Gather experimental data: Collect data resulting from the application of scientific methods such as test methods, experimental design or measurements. Draft design specifications: List the design specifications such as materials and parts to be used and a cost estimate. Design prototypes: Design prototypes of products or components of products by applying design and engineering principles. Develop pharmaceutical drugs: Develop new therapeutic products according to the potential formulas, studies and indications recorded during the research process which involved also collaboration with physicians, biochemists and pharmacologists. Design scientific equipment: Design new equipment or adapt existing equipment to aid scientists in gathering and analysing data and samples. Develop product design: Convert market requirements into product design and development.
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