When looking into different possible career paths to consider within the Biomedical Engineering field, I have looked in to Clinical Research. I feel that it might be a position I might consider to try out maybe once to see if it is something I would be interested in. I think the profession is very beneficial as a learning experience and helps you to understand the products better. As clinical research consists of working directly with the device to see its performance, it gives you better insight into how the products function and how it can be improved. In addition, this type of position gives you knowledge on testing applications for specific products. A downside might be the constant travel, which might also be a positive as well. It would be a good experience to work in Clinical Research because you get to be involved with the devices first hand

I agree with a lot of the post above in regards to the amount of paperwork that potentially needs to be done within this field. I don't have experience in working within Clinical Trials, however, as I have found just by reading and discussing with other colleagues, it seems that the biggest con is the actual execution of the protocol and study and less of the paper work. I have heard that some protocols are difficult to understand and trying to analyze and find significant data is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. Therefore, I know personally I would not want to be involved in this line of work.