Becoming a Better BMET Through Education
Continuing education gives BMETs a way to build on what they know and become better technicians as their careers progress.
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Why Avionics Technicians Are Well Suited for HTM Careers
Technical training in avionics—ranging from electronics troubleshooting to safety protocols—aligns closely with the skills required to maintain medical devices in hospitals.
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Using Technology to Attract the Next Generation of BMETs
To attract the next generation of BMETs amid a talent shortage, health systems must adopt cutting-edge technology, according to one industry expert.
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Becoming a Better BMET Through Education
Continuing education gives BMETs a way to build on what they know and become better technicians as their careers progress.
Confronting the BMET Staffing Shortage
In this month’s Up Front column, 24×7 associate editor Chuck Holt notes how an aging workforce and a dearth of educational opportunities are creating a shortage of CE/HTM staff across the country.
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A Day in the Life: WakeMed Health and Hospitals
In this article, Dallas T. Sutton, Jr., CRES, supervisor of clinical engineering at WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, NC, sits down with 24×7 Magazine to discuss how breaking down the barriers to getting the job done is all in a day’s work for this team of HTM professionals.
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Growing a Career: Cultivating Your Own Biomed Tech Talent
When Jeffrey Ruiz, technology manager for a large hospital in western Michigan, discovered that finding BMETs to fill openings in the clinical engineering department was being hampered by a lack of educational opportunities in the community, he decided to see what he could do to help fix the problem.
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Medical Mission Trips 101
As a biomed, bringing your talent to a developing world hospital that is struggling for sound medical equipment can be an intensely satisfying experience. For those who are thinking about making a medical mission trip to the developing world for the first time, partnering with an organization that can help prepare supplies and contacts is key to a successful experience.
Read MoreAAMI Secures Role as Lead Member Society for BMET Accreditation
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, which accredits college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology, has selected AAMI as its lead member society for biomedical equipment technician programs.
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Steve Maull, Maull Biomedical Training, LLC
24×7 interviews Steve Maull, BMET instructor and head of Maull Biomedical Training, about his hands-on training courses in contrast injector service and his unlikely path to the profession.
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