Looking to get into MS BME as a BS MLS (Medical Technology) undergrad
TLDR?: I know it seems like a stretch going from a medical course to an engineering one so I just want to ask how much of a gap I need to fill?
Honestly, BME as I look at it now is what I expected MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY to be when I was a first-year student. I know I should've done more research however it was COVID era when I was picking courses to enroll so I didn't really get to focus as much. My only choices were Medical Technology, Radiologic Technology, Nursing, and Pharmacy. I would've loved to go into IT/ comp sci but my parents said my course had to be medical field related. So I obviously picked Medical Technology, thinking it was the next best thing. Big big emphasis on the 'TECHNOLOGY' part.
I was already third year when they changed the name to MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES. Unfortunately, I couldn't shift anymore, I'm in too deep. I'm currently a fourth year on internship when I found out about BME. Bit sad about it.
Generally, MT focused more on the medical part and less on the technology (which was the interesting part ngl). More on how to process the specimens and analyze the results given by the machine, and less focus on the actual devices/machines (except for qc and routine use).
So now I'm a bit stumped. Would it still be worth it to take BME as my masters despite the MT bachelors or is the gap too big now? Is the MT even going to be useful? Am I cooked?
Posted May 4, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC