Biomedical Engineering Technology Volume 2 | Page 13

Biomedical Engineering Technicians are the

perfect interdisciplinary professional to

tackle this mix of robotic/patient

machine. Students learn electronics

at SPC BMET program, work with their

traditional patient simulators to work

with equipment, then they move onto

human like patient simulators used by

clinicians. These robotic patients do

more than simulate signals from the

human body, but through robotics,

these simulators replicate many

human physiological behaviors to give

clinicians the lifelike experience. Each

simulator runs around 80-85k depending

on the accessories you purchase. These need to be trusted to a technician with tech knowledge and understanding of their capabilities.

Part of the Team

Biomedical Engineering Technologist have been working with clinical staff but never really being seen as part of the clinical team. In order to learn to work together, these professions need to train together. At SPC- BMET, our students not only work in the nursing and

Health Professions building, but we

also train together. Teaching these

professionals during their education

and training what the other knows,

helps them make better decisions in

case studies, practical scenarios, and

real life situations.

Our training is unlike any other. If you come to this program, do not expect to be sitting in a classroom with traditional lecture and lab. We make it as real as possible.

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Human Patient Simulation is

becoming the standard at colleges,

universities, health science center,

R&D, and clinical training for all levels of medical professionals; from Medical Assistants to Surgical Residents. HPS’s can assist practitioners to perform procedures such as intubation, periocardiocentesis, as well as improving clinical judgement by providing a more realistic scenario. The emergence of this

new healthcare technology teaching tool

requires moderate to high level technical

training depending on the fidelity

of the human patient simulator.

Biomedical Engineering technicians

and clinical engineers are

professionals with the right

combination of

interdisciplinary skills to

tackle such an emerging healthcare

technology. The courses outlined will in

provide the basics of theory and hands

on maintenance, programming, and minor repair of human patient simulators that are applicable to many different human patient simulator manufacturers.

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