Certification of Clinical Engineers
| Autor: | James O. Wear, Mario Medvedec |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Licensure
medicine.medical_specialty ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry education Software engineering professionalism Certification Health systems engineering humanities Patient safety Health care medicine Professional certification Engineering ethics business health care economics and organizations Clinical engineering |
| DOI: | 10.1016/b978-0-12-803767-6.00014-3 |
| Popis: | Clinical engineers are a subset of biomedical engineers, who are explicitly considered by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as health professionals. It seems reasonable that similar career paths and opportunities, including professional registration, certification, or licensure, are available to all health professionals for the benefit of public health and patient safety. Professional certification is the process of issuing a certificate formally attesting that a knowledge, know-how, skills, and competences acquired by professionals have been assessed and validated by a competent body against predefined standards. This chapter describes the introductory information, history, current status, and future prospects of certification in clinical engineering, and gives a number of examples of different national, transnational, and global models. Biomedicine and healthcare challenges in the twenty-first century urge regulation of all health professions worldwide, so one international umbrella program for certification in clinical engineering is among the priorities of the global clinical engineering community. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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