Better education is always a great idea. Unfortunately, regulation becomes a necessary fix for immediate problems.
Note that regulation is the nicer option; the other way to force people to get the necessary education is liability, which could get really ugly in the case of medical devices.
There have been 'predictions' in the past of software creators being made responsible for the software they write in a liability way. Which will get very messy indeed. And grind the software world to a halt. Regulation is the nicer option and definitely the more realistic option.
Note that regulation is the nicer option; the other way to force people to get the necessary education is liability, which could get really ugly in the case of medical devices.