title: Career opportunities in clinical engineering.
abstract: The varied career opportunities open to clinical engineers are described in this paper. Many of these opportunities are within the medical device industry in research, development, manufacturing design, regulatory activities, production, operations, sales, marketing, service, and management. Additional opportunities are available in hospitals, with the Veterans Administration, or working as an entrepreneur or a consultant. Each of these careers requires specific training and skills, and they all require a fundamental scientific knowledge of physical principles and mathematics. Research and management, however, require different educational preparation. The research emphasis should be on theoretical principles and creativity; the management emphasis should be on financial and labor problems. In all clinical engineering careers, the individual is a problem solver.
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authors: WA
authors: Morse
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000193:education; D002321:Career Choice; D003253:Consultants; D004651:Employment; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D011357:Product Line Management; D012108:Research Personnel; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D000078329:Workforce