Should YOU study Biomedical Science? What is Biomedical Science? | Biomeducated

hi everyone what's up so you're planning on studying biomedical sciences well let me clarify some stuff for you before you decide to go to biomedical wait i'll explain where biomedical science is situated in the bigger picture of science and on top of that I'll explain why I decided to go biomedical and if it was the right choice for me coming up okay guys so in a few seconds we'll switch to explainer video mode because I think that will be much more easy for you guys to follow so here we go if you're watching this video the question you're asking yourself is should I study biomedical science and one thing I've learned is that a good starting point to approach any question or problem is to dissect it meaning in this case asking yourself if you can deduct anything from the word itself so obviously it's science duh but then there's bio medical now let's take a look at that bio comes from the Greek word BIOS meaning life so biology is a term used for the study of life with the logy part derived from the Greek word loggia meaning the study of something now biology is such a broad field that sometimes to specify what you're actually studying or researching it's easier to mention the subfields name like botany if you're studying plants zoology if you're studying animals biochemistry if you're interested in the chemistry of life and many more now all these subfields together can be grouped under what's known as the life sciences or biological sciences and to situate more in detail life sciences are opposed to physical sciences basically making separation between living things and nonliving things now does this mean you don't need to know anything about physical sciences if you want to become a biomedical scientist wrong of course you need the basics of chemistry and physics to build upon in your further studies after all life wouldn't exist if there wasn't a physical earth with soil metals minerals oceans an atmosphere right so as life needed these foundations of physical stuff to thrive upon so will you need the fundamentals of physical science to progress in biomedical sciences oh and also don't forget you will need some mathematics to the second part medical obviously refers to medicine the medicine is defined as the science or practice of diagnosing treating and preventing disease typically what doctors do and by doctors I mean clinicians knows what the status copes not the PhDs those with the pipettes so basically if you want to do biomedical science you need a big interest in biology and medicine well here's something important which you can directly tell from the name itself so coming back to me saying earlier that biology is a broad term while here's where biomedical science narrows down we're only interested in a human being the medicine part of it means you should be interested in how human biology functions and health and dysfunctions and disease but rather than treating patients as doctors do we typically want to expand the knowledge on the mechanisms underlying human diseases in order to come up with better drugs therapies or Diagnostics so we're the clinicians focus on treating the patients the best way they can with the tools that are already there we as biomedical scientists try to find better ways to treat patients or even lay foundations for finding a drug for a disease which was untreatable before so in essence we do the research to make sure clinicians can focus their time on treating the patients but we also of course need a medical lingo for us to communicate about our research findings to those clinicians now you might be wondering about all those other bio something majors like biochemistry biotechnology Biosciences bioengineering biomedical engineering well here's the thing there's a lot of overlap between these majors but the difference is on the more in-depth focus so obviously the engineering majors are more focused on building stuff by studying more engineering subjects biochemistry and biotechnology for instance is more focused on the chemistry and technology also go beyond the human being as a focus of attention to demonstrate a bit the overlap I can tell you that for instance the biochemist or biotechnologists that my University can even choose to graduate in a biomedical biotechnology major to put things further in perspective I can also tell you that during my first work experience in a biopharmaceutical company my direct colleagues came from different educational backgrounds I work together with biochemist bio technologist bioengineers Industrial biochemical engineers and here's the thing we were all doing the same type of work the difference with my education as a biomedical scientist is that they did not have such extensive training in the Medical Sciences such as anatomy physiology pharmacology pathogenesis and much more so to wrap this up if you want to study biomedical science you need a keen interest in human biology and how it functions in health and dysfunctions in disease there's also a major emphasis on doing research but it does not mean you have to do research later on there's plenty of other jobs to choose from and I'll link that in another video in the description below so if biomedical sciences was the right choice for me it sure was I had a major interest in how the human body works but I did not want to practice medicine in the clinic I also have a major interests in biochemistry biotechnology molecular biology but then I also like the Medical Sciences like physiology pharmacology and after me genetics taking that together I directly knew biomedical sciences or the right choice for me hopefully this video helps please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel if you're up for more Cheers

Channel: Biomeducated

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Keywords: Biomedical Science

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Length: 5min 5sec (305 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 27 2018