Supporting patient care through life-saving healthcare technology
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About the Program
Medical equipment plays a critical role in patient care, from monitoring vital signs to supporting treatments patients depend on. When this equipment fails, care can be delayed or put at risk. Healthcare facilities rely on skilled professionals to test, maintain, and repair the life-saving technology that supports patients every day.
Biomedical Engineering Technology is a long-standing Penn State program with graduates working in hospitals and healthcare systems across the Pittsburgh region. Now offered at Penn State Greater Allegheny, this hands-on, two-year degree prepares students to work with the medical equipment used in hospitals and clinics. Students learn how to operate, inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair the technology healthcare teams depend on. Graduates are prepared to begin careers in a growing healthcare technology field.
Curriculum Details
Hands-on medical equipment training in operation, inspections, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting
Classroom learning in electronics, physiology, chemistry, computer networking, and more
Experience with real devices like patient monitors, defibrillators, pacemakers, infusion devices, electrosurgical units, and anesthesia machines
An internship at one of more than fifty approved healthcare facilities in the Pittsburgh region, with opportunities outside the region as well
The official course requirements, including suggested academic plans, are available in the Undergraduate Bulletin.
Many US states and territories require professional licensure/certification to be employed. If you plan to pursue employment in a licensed profession after completing this program, please visit the Professional Licensure/Certification Disclosures by State interactive map. The BET program fully prepares students for employment as a biomedical engineering technician as well as for CBET certification. A PE license is not required for employment.