The human body can be thought of as an extremely complex piece of engineering. Healthcare Scientists use their skills to develop methods of measuring what is happening in the body, to devise new ways of diagnosing and treating disease and to ensure that equipment is functioning safely and effectively.

For example, engineers may design artificial limbs for people who have lost or been born without one. Others help reconstruct the faces of people involved in accidents or who have been born with facial disfigurements. Healthcare Scientists support and develop techniques such as ultrasound, radioactivity, radiation, magnetic resonance and clinical photography to explore or record the workings of the body for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment.

Physics and Engineering disciplines include:

Biomechanical Engineering
Clinical Measurement
Equipment Management
Information Technology and management
Medical Electronics and Instrumentation
Medical Engineering Design
Maxillofacial Prosthetists & Technologists
Medical Illustration
Rehabilitation Engineering
Diagnostic Radiology

Nuclear Medicine
Radiation Protection and monitoring
Radiotherapy Physics
Renal Science and Technology
Ultrasound and Non-Ionising radiation

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