Medicine and Engineering Medical devices

[freyna]

Hi everyone, I just finished med school last year and I want to continue my studies. I'm very interested in the field of medical devices and prosthetics, I would love to be able to design and create them but I don't know how could I fuse my medical degree with that nor where could I study that. Could someone guide me please? Thank you

[physica]

This may seem a little dismissive but med school isn't really an academic education, it's a vocational degree with some academic window dressing. You will have to go back to university and study a physics/maths/engineering degree. Quantum technology is booming in the med tech industry, you will need a good math background for this. I had 4 years accident and emergency experience and went back to study physics because I have interests in physics and medical technology. Two of my friends in my department have also done the same. You will have to step up your work ethic, I've met plenty of doctors who failed maths/physics degrees and went into medicine. Unlike medicine where you can graduate bottom of your class and still work in medicine anything below a 2.1 in result in you not working in the field. There are some courses aimed at medical graduates in medical engineering but don't be fooled by these. They are there to satisfy regulation. When I was last in the research unit I saw a medical doctor doing her phd on a project on a mechanical pancreas. A phd electrical engineer and a phd physics grad were analysing graphs, coding, designing and solving problems in the trial. The medical doctor was sitting there taking blood regularly and watching. I asked her what her project was on and she said "writing up what they're doing". She was basically there to call for help if the patient deteriorated.