By AAMI
AAMI to Offer CBET Review Course in April
AAMI will again offer its popular review course to help biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) prepare for the Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) certification exam.
The eight session CBET Study Course that will be held every Monday and Wednesday evening, 7-9:00 p.m. starting Monday, April 6 and ending Wednesday, April 29. All sessions are recorded, so you can begin the study course at any time up until the end date.
These intensive online sessions cover each area of the CBET exam outline, including anatomy and physiology, public safety in the healthcare facility, fundamentals of electricity and electronics, healthcare technology and function, healthcare technology problem solving, and healthcare information technology.
For more information and to register, visit www.aami.org/Certification.
AAMI Exchange 2020
Registration is now open for the premier global health technology event, AAMI Exchange 2020, taking place in historic New Orleans, LA, June 12-15. The AAMI Exchange provides a forum for broad conversations among these stakeholders on the ever-changing industry of medical technology. AAMI Exchange 2020 will feature:
- More than 80 education sessions
- More than 200 industry-leading brands and exhibitors
- More than 130 world-class speakers and industry experts
- Networking with more than 2,500 health technology and sterilization professionals
- Up to 15 ACI continuing education units (CEUs)
For more information and to register, visit www.AAMIExchange.org.
Recruiting the Next Generation with ‘HTM in a Box’
With fewer qualified candidates in the hiring pool and an aging workforce, recruiting new healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals is more important than ever.
To make promoting HTM easier, AAMI created “HTM in a Box,” a free online presentation to inform students and the public about career opportunities in HTM. “HTM in a Box” contains three presentation modules that are tailored to specific age groups: middle school, high school and adults.
“It’s important to get the word out because we need to increase the HTM personnel pipeline. “HTM in a Box” helps users do that by giving them a resource with a standard and strong message about the field,” said Danielle McGeary, vice president of HTM at AAMI, who spearheaded the project with the Technology Management Council and demonstrated the resource at HTM events around the country.
In addition to the presentation modules, the “HTM in a Box” webpage has links to other free resources that make it easier to promote HTM careers. These include:
- A list of HTM academic programs in the U.S. by state.
- A printable HTM career brochure.
- A document with tips and sample text for contacting schools.
- An orientation video for using “HTM in a Box.”
You can download “HTM in a Box” and several other resources at www.aami.org/HTMinaBox.
Hitting the Road for HTM
AAMI staff members traveled to several cities and states in 2019 to meet with healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals and spread the word about careers in HTM. Their visits included state HTM association meetings from Massachusetts to Florida, as well as youth leadership and professional conferences, such as a Girl Scout gathering in Bedford, NH, and the MD Expo in Houston, TX, and Baltimore, MD.
See the full map at www.aami.org/HTM_Map.
Registration Opens for 2020 International Standards Conference
The AAMI/FDA/BSI International Conference on Medical Device Standards and Regulation (and associated meetings and symposia) will be held the week of April 20, 2020 at the AAMI Center for Excellence and Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel.
This year’s conference program will focus on the health technology lifecycle and delivering better patient outcomes.
For more information and to register, visit www.aami.org/ISC.
How to Get Started with an HTM Compliance Program
So, you want to develop a compliance program for your HTM department. But where do you start?
Technology Management Council Member and ACCE President Elect Priyanka Upendra is offering a free “starter kit,” as she explained in a recent post on the AAMIBlog (https://bit.ly/392pKVo).
AAMI’s HTM Live! Webinar Series
AAMI has launched a new, webinar series just for healthcare technology management professionals, called HTM Live! This series of free webinars connects HTM professionals from around the world with experts who will discuss many of the biggest issues facing the profession, from medical device cybersecurity to reducing alarm fatigue.
For more information, visit www.aami.org/events for these webinars and other upcoming events from AAMI.
