This program will develop troubleshooting skills in analog circuits, digital circuits, and processors. In addition, they must understand physiology, medical terminology and the operation of medical instruments such as EKG instruments, defibrillators, and incubators.

In the workforce, graduates are typically employed by hospitals or a subcontractor for a hospital. Some graduates are employed by manufacturers of medical instruments or medical devices, or as field support technicians, after earning experience in the field. Although this program’s primary objective is workforce development, some graduates choose to continue their education and are accepted into Electronic Technology bachelor degree programs, pursue a degree in business, or continue their education in clinical programs. However, students intending to continue full-time education toward a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology are encouraged to consider the Electronic Engineering Technology Program.

Curriculum
The curriculum is structured to provide a broad education, with students taking courses in each of the recognized areas of analog circuits, digital circuits, processor circuits and programming, writing skills, presentation skills, algebra and trigonometry. Typically, the electronics courses are three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory work, reinforcing concepts and principles taught in the classroom and providing extensive hand-on education. The freshman year is identical to the Electronic Engineering Technology program and transfer between the two programs is easy during the first year.

Facilities
The electronics laboratory is equipped to provide students ample and meaningful hands-on experience in breadboarding, testing, and schematic capture. Students will typically spend four hours a week in the laboratory, confirming that the lecture material works in real life and is not unproven theory. Second year students will be trained on the theory and operation of the medical instruments in late afternoon and evening courses at a local medical facility, and will also have an internship at a local hospital during their last Semester.

Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Associate Degree in Medical Electronics Engineering Technology, the graduate will be able to:

• Analyze or troubleshoot medical electronic instruments and devices.
• Recognize and apply fundamental knowledge of mathematics, from algebra and trigonometry, through introductory calculus, and further applied in physics and analog courses.
• Conduct experiments, building or breadboarding when required. Use basic test equipment and tools to measure performance, and to critically analyze and interpret data.
• Identify, formulate, and solve electronic engineering problems using modern engineering tools, techniques, and skills.
• Effectively communicate technical observations, results, issues, and successes.
• Request action effectively, preferably by persuasion and avoiding confrontation, if possible.
• Apply computer skills for preparing technical documents or analyzing data, using applications for word processing, spreadsheets, simple programming, schematic capture, and simulation.
• Calculate inventory costs, parts costs, and time costs.
• Read manuals and schematics and identify components in systems
• Apply principles of time management and managing multiple priorities.
• Explain the importance of compliance with professional practice and ethical issues, such as: test reporting, time reporting, privacy issues, and security of information, etc.

Faculty
Richard Le Blanc, Chair
Instructor Staff: Mozhgan Hosseinpour, Alexander Paphitis
Adjunct Instructors: Barry Hammel, Bill Purtell, Shawn Trainor