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Does Biomedical Engineering involve a lot of memorization?

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Michael’s Answer

Short answer is yes, but do not let that deter you from Biomedical Engineering. Every discipline will involve memorization as it is a key factor of learning. It is true that Medical fields, such as Biomedical Engineering, involve more memorization of facts than most fields in learning anatomy, physiology, and the like; however, History students have to memorize dates and details of people and events across thousands of years, and Finance students must memorize all the definitions and terminology associated with finance, statistics, and math. Memorization will be present in any learning situation. One positive is that memorization is a like a muscle in that it can be strengthened and improved with practice and time, and it will certainly be flexed in any post-secondary discipline.

If you are thinking about going into Biomedical Engineering, try not to worry about memorization being the roadblock. It is a highly sought after discipline for graduate students and research, thus it is competitive to get into. Also, due to it merging the areas of Biology, Medicine, and Engineering, there is a high workload to ensure students grasp the concepts in all the areas. Though, it is a super cool discipline to learn about and work in, so it is certainly a high effort, high reward area to jump into to. Keep doing research into the discipline and see what you find before coming to any concrete conclusions.
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Brayden’s Answer

Hello!

I would say in biomedical the memorization comes from needing to memorize medical terminology, body parts, bones, muscle groups etc. In a normal mechanical engineering you might want to memorize more statistic based information like shear and strain values for different materials or certain analysis equations. Being that you aren't a full medical student you don't really get exposed to the medical terminology and understand how everything is collected so that can be a challenge at the start but overall with time you being to learn about the body and where things are located.

Hopefully this helps! Good luck!
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Kari’s Answer

Agree with the other answers! There will be some memorization getting through school for biomedical in the areas mentioned, anatomy, physiology, biology, materials, etc., but many of the classes are more around learning logical thinking and problem solving. Once you start in the field, you won't need to recall everything you memorized in school. You will be specialized in an area for your job, and you will learn more on the job while relying on the problem solving process you learned in school.

I will add that I am terrible at memorizing things, and I made it through! There are techniques you can use that help. Just Google - Memorization techniques.

A Biomedical Engineering degree will open many doors and possibilities for you in the future. Keep going :)
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Abbas’s Answer

Hello! I have a degree in Electrical Engineering and I can definitely say that it was a hard major to study. Nonetheless, this is what I wanted to study and I worked through it for a very successful career today. Engineering requires a lot of problem solving and Biology requires accumulation of a lot of knowledge; so I would say Biomedical Engineering is a combination of the two. In my opinion, the best thing about Biomedical Engineering is that you get to apply problem solving skills to medical applications and help people without directly taking care of sick patients or dealing with blood. Much of the advancements we are seeing in medicine come from biomedical engineering, so it is a great area to work in and will only continue to grow. If biomedical engineering is what you want to do, I recommend speaking to another student who is enrolled in that major or take a class or two as an elective to see how you do. All the best!
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Catherine’s Answer

I would agree that almost every major is going to require some type of memorization. Even within biomedical engineering, the memorization you do for a biomaterials concentration (biology/chemistry) will be different than the memorization for a biomechanical concentration (physics). I think the most important thing is to pick a field of study that you are interested in and passionate about learning more. The studying will not feel as intense since you will be learning a topic that you are invested in understanding. The coursework was challenging but the career I have now is very satisfying and I would make the same decision to study biomedical engineering again.
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Ewa’s Answer

Engineering in general is about problem solving and find the right tools to get to a solution. Understanding facts and how to connect data points for a given problem. Memorization isn't a key part of a role, but knowing where to find guidance and procedures to help solve the problem.
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